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For a cheaper color tlian the foregoing, reduce the quantity of 

 cochineal, from one and a quarter pound to fen ounces, and substitute, 

 for the remainder, three pounds of persio;* and proceed with these 

 materials, in the same manner as above directed. This color will 

 differ from that of the first described process, in no other respect than 

 that it receives somewhat more of a blueish cast. 



^ handsome Criinsoii. 



Take 3 lbs. of Roman alum, 

 h ounce of argol,t 

 h lb. of East India galls, 

 25 ounces of cochineal. 



Heat eight buckets of rain water in a kettle, lukewarm; dissolve 

 three pounds of Roman alum therein, take out the solution, and put 

 it into a vat, immerse the silk in the solution, and work it well therein 

 ibr the space of eight hours. 



Take it out at the expii'ation of this time, wring it lightly, and lay 

 it by for further use, in its wet state. 



To complete this color, heat eight buckets of well or spring water, 

 until it begins to boil, put into it the following articles: half an ounce 

 of argol, and half a pound of finely pounded East India galls; let the 

 whole of these articles boil well for about ten minutes, and run the li- 

 quor through a sieve, into a pail; then pour the liquor back into the 

 kettle, and put into it twenty-five ounces of pulverized cochineal: let 

 it boil ten minutes more, cool the liquor with half a bucket of water; 

 immerse the silk in this liquor, and work it well therein for the space 

 of two hours, during which time the liquor must be kept at a continual 

 boil. This being done, take it out, rinse it well, wring it strongly, 

 and dry it. 



Then take a kettle with ten buckets of spring or well water, and 

 heat it so that you may bear your hand in it; work the silk well in 

 this water for half an hour, then take it out^ wring and dry it. By 

 this process we obtain a very handsome crimson. 



Note. — An ounce, instead of half an ounce of argol may be used; but this is left 

 entirely to the judgment of the dier, whether found necessary or not. If this crim- 

 son be desired less of a red, and not so liandsome, proceed with the cochineal; and 

 the quantity prescribed above may be reduced to eighteen ounces. The process 

 Jixust be, in this case, the same as above directed. 



A deejj Red. 



Take 1 lb. of fine galls, 

 2h lbs. of alum, 



h lb. of composition, and 

 5 lbs. of madder. 



* The cudbear of the English diers. — Editoh. 



f Red argol is the tartar from red wine. White argol Is the impvirs Jeposit,e froo) 

 wliite wines. Cream of t.wtar is pure argol. — Editor. 



