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then boil them in a dye of rnather, peach wood or 

 Brazil wood. To set the colour, put a few drops 

 of ^'^ dyer s spirit" (i.e. nitrate of tin combined 

 with a small quantity of common salt), which 

 may be had from a silk-dyer, into the last-men- 

 tioned dye. 



8. TO STAIN SILK GUT THE COLOUR OF RET, WEEDS, ETC. 



Make an infusion of onion coatings (see 

 No. 3), put the gut into it when quite cold, and 

 let it remain until the hue becomes as dark as 

 may be required. 



Gut may be stained in an infusion of green 

 tea, a useful colour for some waters. 



A dye of logwood will turn it to a pale blue ; 

 especially with the addition of a little copperas. 



Although anglers mostly prefer the natural 

 feather to the dyed one ; yet, as the exact tints 

 cannot be always obtained, artificial means must 

 be frequently resorted to. Even prejudice too 

 must admit that dyed feathers take the water 

 more readily than others. The difficulty of 

 wetting some feathers, especially of sea-fowl and 

 pigeons, is a great objection to their use. 



