This is a recipe for a dressing for silk fishing lines. Melt in an iron pot over a slow fire 5 parts of solid paraffin and 1 part of best resin, stirring well together. When partially cooled, dip the line in and draw it out through a piece of sponge or linen to remove superfluous dressing-, and lay it on the floor in large coils to dry. The line may then be stretched and polished with a piece of wet linen and a little very fine pumice dust. Another dressing may be made of equal parts of gold size and boiled linseed oil; or copal varnish may be used instead of the gold size. Soak the line in the mixture, then stretch it between two posts or nails for a few days to dry, first wiping off any excess of dressing with a piece of sponge or rag. If gold size is used the line will be ready sooner than if copal is used. Another dressing is made by melting over a water bath 2oz. of beeswax with 1./2 pt. of boiled linseed oil. Dip the line in while hot and stretch to dry, as above described. To colour any of these dressings, add a little paint ground in oil.