382 Mr. Henry's Conftderations on different Materials, 



fixteen gallons of foft water are to be added to 

 ihe dung liquor. 



The fecond operation confifts in pouring 

 three pound,s'and half of Gallipoli oil, into a 

 bucket, containing four gallons of the fecond 

 barilla liquor, and adding this mixture to fix 

 gallons of the firft barilla liquor, and four 

 gallons of dung liquor. Of this compofition 

 two or three gallons are to be put into a tub, 

 and, in it, about a pound and quarter of the 

 cotton is to be well foaked, and afterwards 

 wrung, but not too clofely, over a tub, kept for 

 that purpofe. A fimilar portion of cotton is 

 then to be treated in the fame way ; and fo on, 

 till the whole has paffed through the mixture j 

 adding about a pint or three half pints of liquor, 

 on the immerfion of every frefli parcel of cotton. 

 The cotton is then to be thoroughly dried j 

 which it muft alfo be after the fubfequent opera- 

 tions ; and thefe are to be conduced in the fame 

 manner, with refpeft to the manipulations, as in 

 the prefent one. 



In the third operation, the liquor which had 

 been wrung out of the cotton, is to be poured 

 back into the tub, in which the foaking has 

 been performed : and to this are to be added of 

 Gallipoli oil three pounds and half, and of the 

 fecond barilla dung, and firft barilla liquors, 

 four gallons, each. After this operation the 

 dung liquor is to be ftrengthened by the addition 



of 



