874 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



Indian paper, &:c. used in lefter- 

 writing ; and, in fact, it is applied 

 to nufiiberless purposes. Tiie bazar 

 price of the best quality, split into 

 sheets of about two lints thick, is 

 six rupees the raaund of 841b. avoir- 

 dupois. If it conid be applied to 

 any useful puri)0sc at home, it might 

 go in part ballast of ships, and at a 

 trifling expence, 



N. B. The chaya, or red dye-root 

 of the coast, is, I believe, Isnown 

 at home ; as also the cashaw leaves, 

 Trhich are used as an astringent. 



Directions for Dyeing a bright Red^ 

 four yards of three-quarters broad 



Cotton Cloth. 



1st. The cloth is to be well wash- 

 ed and dried, for the purpose of 

 clearing it of lime and congee, or 

 starch generally used in India for 

 bleaching and dressing cloths; then 

 put into an earthen Tcssel, contain, 

 ing twelve ounces of chaya or red 

 dye root, with a gallon of water, 

 and allow it to boil a short time OTcr 

 the fire. 



2d. The cloth being taken out, 

 washed in clean water, and dried in 

 the sun, is again put into a pot with 

 one ounce of myrabolans, or galls 

 coarsely 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 buf- 

 falo's milk. The cloth being fully 

 soaked in this, take it out, and dry 

 it in the sun. 



3d. Wash the cloth again in clear 

 cold water, and dry it in the sun ; 

 then immerse it into a gallon of wa- 

 ter, a quarter of 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 sun. 

 The cloth, at this stage of the pro- 

 cess, feeling rough and hard, is to 



be rolled up and beetled till it be^ 

 comes soft. 



4th. I nfuse into six quarts of cold 

 wafer, six ounces of red wood shav- 

 ings, and allow it to remain so two 

 days. On the third day boil it down 

 to two-thirds the (piantity, when 

 the liquor will appear of a good 

 bright red colour. To every quart 

 of this, before it cools, add a quar- 

 ter of an ounce of powdered allum ; 

 soak in it your cloth twice over, 

 drying it between each time in the 

 shade. 



5th. After three days, wash in 

 clean water, and half dry in the sun; 

 then immerse the cloth into five gal- 

 lons of water, at about the tempera- 

 ture of 120 degrees of Fahrenheit, 

 adding 50ounces of powdered chaya, 

 and allowing the whole to boil for 

 three hours; take the pot olf the 

 fire, but let the cloth remain in it 

 until the liquor is perfectly cool ; 

 then wring it gently, and hang it up 

 in the sun to dry. 



6th. Mix intimately together, by 

 hand, about a pint measure of fresh 

 sheep's dung with a gallon of cold 

 water, in which soak the cloth tho- 

 roughl}', and immediately take it 

 out and dry it in the sun. 



7th. Wash the cloth well in clea« 

 Mater, and spread it out in the sun 

 on a sand-bank (whieh in India is 

 universally preferred to a grafs-plat) 

 for six hours, sprinkling it from time 

 to time, as it dries, with clean watery 

 for the purpose of finishing and per* 

 fecting the colour, which will be of 

 a very fiue bright red. 



Directions for Dijcing of a beautiful 

 ReiL, eight Ounces of Cotton Thread. 

 1st. Put one gallon and a half, by 

 measure, of sapwood ashes, into an 

 earthen pot, with three gallons of 

 Tvaterj and allow the mixture to re- 



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