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Cape. The port is formed of a very fine 
bay, where ships may winter in the great- 
est security: it has a church and aviair, 
‘and exports considerable quantities of 
salt fish. 
We set sail avain in the evening, with 
the finest weather, and arrived next day 
at Hammerfest, another sca-port, five Nor- 
wegian miles from Masé. A brother of 
Mr. Buck, who resides there, received us 
with the same cordiality as we had ex- 
perienced at the last-mentioned place 
At Hammerfest all the houses had small 
gardens adjoining to them. Fy were 
in good condition, but their only produc- 
tions were potatoes, brown cole, and 
gooseberries. 
After our departure from Hammer- 
fest, we soon got into the track we 
had followed in going, and arrived at 
Alien on the fifth day of our absence.’ 
The joy expressed by our hosts on our 
return, proved the hazardous nature of 
our enterprize; though with the excep- 
tion of a single moment in the passage 
of Qvalefiord, the constant favour of for- 
tune had spared us even the slightest ap- 
pearance of danger. 
pce Aa 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, . 
O two of the queries of Mr, William 
Pybus, as stated in your Magazine 
for February, 1807, p. 33, I desire leave 
to send to you the following answer 
for insertion, viz. 
To bronze Plaster Figures. 
Lay the figure over with isinglass size 
till it holds out, or without any part of its 
_ surface becoming dry or spotted; then 
with a brush, such as is termed by 
_ painters a cach- tool, go over the whzele, 
observing carefully to remove any of the 
size (while itis yet soft) that may lodge 
on the delicate or sharp places, and set it 
aside to dry: when it is become so, take 
a little very thin oil gold-size, and with 
as much of it as just damps the brush, 
go over the figure, allowing no more of 
this size to remain than what causes it 
to shine. Set it apart in a dry place, 
free from smoke; and after it has re- 
mained there forty- eight hours, the 
figure is prepared for bronaing. 
~The bronze, which is almost an im- 
palpable powder, (and may be had at the 
colour-shops of ‘all metallic colours,) 
should ke dabbed on with a Iittle cotton-_ 
wool; after having touched over the 
whole figure fet it stand another day ; 
then aah a soft dry brush rub of 
loose powder, and the figure will resem- 
Receipt Sor bronzing Plaster Figures, Ke. 
all the. 
.to bis Chronicle of Scottish Poetry. 
[July 1, 
ble the metal it is intended to represent, 
and possess the quality of resisting the 
weather, 
To Varnish P luster Casts or Models. 
Take four drops, Scots or Dutch troy 
weight, or about a quarter of an ounce 
averdupoise, of the finest white soap, 
grate it small and put it into a new 
glazed earthen vessel, with an English 
pint of water; hold it over the fire till 
the soap is dissolved, then add the same 
quantity of bleached wax cut into small 
pieces : as soon as the whole is incorpo- 
rated, it 1s fit for use. | 
Mode of application.—Dry the model 
well at the fire, suspend it by a thread, 
and dip it into the varnish; take it out, 
and a quarter of an hour after, dip 
ic again; let it stand for six er seven 
days, then with a bit of muslin rolled 
softly round your finger, rub the model 
gently, and this will produce a brilliant 
gloss; but this part of the. operation 
must be done with great care, and a 
light hand, as the coat of varnish is. thin. 
* Another way.—Take skim-milk, from 
which the cream has been car efully taken 
off, and with a camei’s-hair pencil, lay 
over the cast till it holds out, or will 
imbibe no more; shake or blow off any 
that remains on the surface, and lay it in. 
a place free from *stour, (a word for 
which the English language atiords, ne 
synonime,) and when it is dry, it will look 
like polished marble. 
N. B. This last mode answers equally well 
with the former, but will not resist the 
weather. 
_ Mahogany Tables, §c. 
Ifto the first receipt for a “* Varnish,” 
there be added three ounces of common 
wax, it forms an excellent composition 
for furniture. 
Lo use t,—Clean the table well, dip a 
bit of flannel in the varnish wile warin, 
and rub it on the table; let it stand a 
quarter of an hour, then apply the hard 
brush in all directions, and finish with a 
bit of clean dry flannel. This will produce 
a gloss like a mirror. 
For Boots and Shoes. 
Tf to the above varnish there is added 
-two ounces of lump-sugar, and the same 
quantity of ivory-black, an excellent 
compound will be had equally good for 
giving a polish to boots-or shoes, and 
preserving the leather from cracking. 
Edinburgh, Your’s, &c. 
March 6, 1807. D. Bripess, jun. 
* Dust in motion.—Vide Sibbald’s Glossary 
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