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them into a mixture of muriatic acid and tin, 

 and to a purple by a warm solution of potash. 

 As the muriatic acid is not to be saturated with 

 tin, the solution must be much diluted. If it 

 burns your tongue much, it will burn the feathers 

 a little. 



6. TO DYE FEATHERS VARIOUS SHADES OF RED, AMBER, 

 AND BROWN. 



First boil them in the alum mordant (see No. 

 1) ; secondly, boil them in an infusion of fustick 

 strong enough to bring them to a bright yellow 

 (about a table spoonfull to a pint of water), then 

 boil them in a dye of mather, peach wood, or 

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

 of " dyers 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. 



7. 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 re- 

 main 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. 



