Composition for Boots and Shoes

For boots and shoes exposed to wet the following composition is recommended :— “ Linseed oil, one gill; spirit of turpentine, one ounce; beeswax, one ounce; Burgundy pitch, half-an-ounce : to be melted together, and rubbed into the leather when quite dry, before the fire or in the hot sun.” This composition will be found very effectual in preserving the leather from both rain and sea-water.