{"collection":"ame","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ame/pow/pow108.htm","path":"ame/pow/pow108.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ame/pow/pow108.htm","text":"Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820]\nRECIPE FOR MAKING A PASTE TO PREVENT GUN-BARRELS FROM RUSTING, WHETHER IRON OR STEEL.\nTake an ounce of bear's fat, half an ounce of badger's grease, half an ounce of snake's fat, one ounce of almond oil, and a quarter of an ounce of pulverized indigo, and melt it altogether in a new vessel over a fire, stir it well, and put it afterward into some vessel. In using it, a lump as large as a common nut must be put upon a piece of woollen cloth and then rubbed on the barrel and lock of the gun, and it will keep the barrel from rusting.","title":"Pow-Wows: Arts and Remedies: To Prevent Gun-Barrels From Rusting","type":"page"}