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Put into a kettle eight buckets of water, and one pound of fine galls; 

 let it boil about fifteen minutes, or until the strength is extracted; run 

 it through a sieve into a vat, steep the silk in this decoction, and work 

 it well therein for about two hours: after which, take it out, rinse, and 

 dry it. Then put into a kettle eight buckets of water, with two and 

 a half pounds of alum, and half a pound of the composition: let these 

 be properly united with the water; pour the liquor into a vat, steep 

 the silk in the solution, and work it weii therein for the space of four 

 liours: take it out, rinse, and lay it by, in its wet state, for further use- 



Lastly. To complete this color, put in a kettle ten buckets of water, 

 add five pounds of madder, and work the silk well in this liquor, un- 

 til it begins to boil; then take it out, rinse, and dry it 



Ji real Brown. 



Take 6 ounces of annotto, 



1 lb. of potash, 

 3 lbs. of alum, 



5 oz. of fine galls, 

 i oz. of cream of tartar, 



2 oz. of turmeric, and 

 10 oz. of cochineal. 



Boil a kettle with ten buckets of water, powder six ounces of an- 

 notto, and put it together with a pound of potash, into the kettle; boil 

 for a quarter of an hour, pour the liquor through a sieve into a tub, 

 immerse the silk, and work it well in the liquor for the space of two 

 hours; then take it out, rinse, wring, and dry it. After this, pour 

 eight buckets of fresh water into a kettle, dissolve three pounds of 

 alum therein; then put the solution in a vat, steep the dried yellow 

 silk, and work it well therein for the space of three hours; then take 

 it out, wring, and lay it by, wet, for further use. 



Boil a kettle with eight buckets of water, put into it ten ounces of 

 cochineal, and let it boil for about ten minutes; then cool the liquor 

 with a backet of water, and put into it a quarter of a pound of cream 

 of tartar, and two ounces of turmeric, and stir the whole well; then 

 steep the silk previously alumed, in the liquor, work it well therein 

 for the space of two hours; during which time it must be kept at a 

 continual boil. Then take it out, rinse in running water, wring, and 

 lay it by, in its wet state, for further use. 



This being done, die it in a keep, [die tub] light or dark, as your 

 taste may be, or according to the pattern which is laid before you. 



If you do not wish to make use of the keep, or, as is often the case 

 m small dying establishments, should you not possess one, you may 

 apply the indigo coloring. 



You may likewise color it in the liquor of logwood, which wijl 

 render it equally handsome, but not of so lasting a color. 



