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mordaunt of alum and water, until they are thoroughly saturated ; 

 then put them into a die of sumach, rather strong, and a very little 

 bit of copperas, about the size of a pea, should be put into the die. 

 After the feathers are died in the sumach, you can put them into 

 another vessel with a little bit of copperas. You should always try 

 one or two feathers first. 



Pale Smoky Dun. Having prepared your feathers as in the last, 

 die them very lightly with sumach, using a very little bit of copperas. 



Dark Smoky Dun. Having prepared your feathers as before, 

 put them into a strong die of sumach and copperas. 



Smoky Dun. Prepare your feathers as before, then die them 

 very lightly with sumach, with a very -little bit of copperas and one 

 pinch of logwood. 



Note. About a pint of water is the most convenient quantity, 

 this you can put into a small earthen pipkin. A slow fire is best, as 

 a fire too fierce is apt to break the pipkin and boil the feathers, which 

 injures them: generally speaking, hand-warm water is sufficient. By 

 varying the quantity of sumach and copperas, as well as the time of 

 leaving the feathers in the die-pot, you can get the most delicate 

 shades as well as the strongest, and be quite independent of the blue 

 hackles from the Welch fowls. 



(p.) 



Beech Trees never struck by Lightning. 



A violent thunder-storm coming on very suddenly one day whilst 

 I was fishing, I took shelter under an oak tree. I had no sooner got 

 there, than I heard some labourers calling to me to come away, and 

 not knowing what could possibly be the matter, I ran to them for the 

 purpose of making inquiry, when they told me not to stand under 

 oaks, it being very dangerous to do so, as they are frequently struck 

 by lightning ; but that I had better remain under the tree which was 

 affording them shelter a large beech tree, which they assured me 

 was perfectly safe, and that lightning never struck those trees. 1 



