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MINES AUD MANUFACTURES OF THE EAST INDIES. 



Inftruftlons for 

 dying cottons 

 bright red by 

 the Indian me- 

 thod. 



t)ireSiion$ for dying a bright Bed, four Yards of ^ broad 

 Cotton Cloth. 



1ft. The cloth is to be well wafhed and dried, for' the pur- 

 pofe of clearing it of lime and congee, or flarch, generally 

 ufed in India for bleaching and dreffing cloths ; then put into 

 an earthen veflel, containing twelve ounces of chaya or red 

 dye root, with a gallon of water, and allow it to boil a Ihort 

 time over the fire. 



2d. The cloth being taken out, wafhed in clean water, and 

 dried in the fun, is again put into a pot with one ounce of 

 Bjyrabolans, or galls coarfely powdered, and a gallon of clear 

 water, and allowed to boil to one half: when cool, add 

 to the mixture a quarter of a pint of bufFalo*& milk. The 

 clbth being fully foaked in tbk, take it out, and dry it in 

 the fun. 



3d. Wa(h the cloth again in clear cold water, and dry it 

 in the fun ; then immerfe it into a gallon of water, a quarter 

 cf a pint of buffalo's milk, and a quarter of an ounce of the 

 powdered galls. Soak well in this mixture, and dry in the 

 fun. The cloth, at this ftage of the procefs, feeling rough 

 and hard, is to be rolled up and beetled till it becomes foft. 



4th. Ihfufe into fix quarts of cold water, fix ounces of red 

 wood (havings, and allow it to remain fo two days. On the 

 third day boil it down to two-thirds the quantity, when the 

 liquor will appear of a good bright red colour. To every 

 quart of this, before it cools, add a quarter of an ounce of 

 powdered alum ; foak in it your cloth twice over, drying it 

 between each time in the (bade. 



5tb. After three days wafti in clean water, and half dry 

 in the fun ; then immerfe the cloth into five gallons of water, 

 at about the temperature of 120 degrees of Fahrenheit, adding 

 50 ounces of powdered chaya, and allowing the whole to 

 boil for three hours ; take the pot off the fire, but let the cloth 

 remain in it until the Jiquor is perfectly cool ; then wring it 

 gently, and hang it up in the fun to dry. 



6th. Mix intimately together, by hand, about a pint mea- 

 fure of frelh (heep's dung, with a gallon of cold water, in which 

 foak the cloth thoroughly, and immediately take it out, and 

 dry it in the fun, 



7th. 



