1. Fine Carmine Wax. Venice turpentine 2 oz., finest shell-lac 4 oz., colophony 1 oz., Chinese vermilion l 1/2 oz., magnesia (moistened with oil of turpentine) 1 1/2 drs.

2. Finest Bed. Venice turpentine 4 oz., shell-lac 7 oz., cinnabar 4 oz., carbonate of magnesia (with oil of turpentine) 1 1/2 drs.

3. As the last, with only 3 1/2 oz. of cinnabar.

4. Venice turpentine 4 oz., shell-lac 6 1/2 oz., colophony 1/2 oz., cinnabar 2 1/2 oz., magnesia (with oil of turpentine) 1 1/2 drs.

5. Venice turpentine 4 oz., shell-lac 6 oz., colophony 3/4 oz., cinnabar 1 3/4 oz., magnesia as before.

6. As the last, but use colophony and cinnabar each 1 1/2 oz,

7. Venice turpentine 4 oz., shell-lac 5 1/2 oz., colophony 1 1/2 oz., cinnabar 1 1/4 oz., magnesia as before.

8. English. Venice turpentine 2 oz., shell-lac 4 oz., vermilion 1 oz.

9. Spanish. Venice turpentine 8 oz., shell-lac 2 oz., colophony 4 oz., vermilion 1 oz. Remove from the fire, and add 1/2 oz. of rectified spirit.