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Linseed oil, one pint; oil of turpentine, or cam-phine, a quarter of a pint; yellow wax, a quarter of a pound; Burgundy pitch, a quarter of a pound. To be melted together with a gentle heat, and when required for use, to be warmed and well rubbed into the leather before a fire, or in the hot sun. Should be poured, when melted, into small gallipots or tin boxes, for sale.
 
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