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in frofty weather, may be fo foft as to flick to 

 your fingers in fummer ; therefore what is nfed 

 in winter mud have a greater proportion of the 

 fofter materials, fuch as the wax and common 

 pitch ; and that which is for fummer ufe may 

 have more of the harder materials of the receipt, 

 which I fhall here give at a medium, as near as 

 I can, between the two extremes. 



A Receipt for a Ground or Varnifli. 



Afphaltum \~ Ounce 



Bees -wax 2 Ounces 



Rofm ^ Ounce 



Maftick 4^ Ounce 



Common Pitch \ Ounce. 



Put all thefe into a new pipkin well glazedj 

 and place it on a moderate fire, and as the in- 

 gredients melt, ftir and incorporate them very 

 well together with a little ftick : be careful that 

 they do not take fire, or boil over. When all is 

 well melted and mixed, let it Hand a little while 

 in the pipkin, till the bubbles have done rifing, 

 and fome of the grofler parts are a little fettled 

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