First Coat

Take of water, 2 qts; flour, ½ pint; Castile soap, 1 oz.; make into paste.

Second Coat

Take or first paste, ½ pt; gum tragacanth, l gill; water, l pt.; mix all together. This will finish eighteen sides of upper.

Currier's Skirting

This is for finishing skirting and the flesh of harness leather, in imitation of oak tanning. Take of chrome yellow, ½ lb.; yellow ochre, 1 lb.; cream of tartar, 1 oz.; soda, ½ oz.; paste, 5 qts.; mix well. This will finish twelve sides.

Skirting

For the grain to imitate oak ten. Take of chrome yellow, ½ lb.; yellow ochre, ½ lb.; cream of tartar, 1 oz.; soda, 1 oz.; paste, 2 qts.; spirits of turpentine, 1 pt; mix well. This will finish twelve sides.

Currier's Size

Take of sizing, 1 qt.; soft soap, 1 gill; stuffing, 1 gill; sweet milk, ½ pt.; boil the sizing in water to a proper consistence, strain, and add the, oilier ingredients; and when thoroughly mixed, it is ready for use.