(seq. 77)

Receipt to make boots impervious
to water ⁠—

The boots should be made of soft
cow leather of a good quality and close-
ly sewed ⁠—

Take of Tallow eight. ounces
of Hogs Lard four d° ⁠—
Turpentine two —
New bees wax two —
Olive oil two —

Melt the composition well together —
the night before you intend to shoot [on?]
your boots well dried and warmed should
be well anointed with the above com-
position melted to such a degree of heat
that the hand that the hand can but just
bear it & applied in repeated rubbings —