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quantity of the juice of walnut-tree leaves, and an equal 

 quantity of allum; put these together into a pot, pan, 

 or pipkin, and boil them half an hour; and having so 

 done, let it cool; and being cold, put your hair into it, 

 and there let it lie; it will turn your hair to be a kind 

 of water, or glass, colour, or greenish, and the longer 

 you let it lie, the deeper coloured it will be. You 

 might be taught to make many other colours : but it is 

 to little purpose ; for doubtless the water-colour, or 

 glass-coloured hair, is the most choice and most useful 

 for an angler, but let it not be too green. 



But if you desire to colour hair greener, then do it 

 thus : take a quart of small ale, half a pound of 

 allum ; then put these into a pan, or pipkin, and your 

 hair into it with them; then put it upon a fire, and let 

 it boil softly for half an hour ; and then take out your 

 hair, and let it dry;- and having so done, then take a 

 pottle of water, and put into it two hand fills of mari- 

 golds, and cover it with a tile, or what you think fit, 

 and set it again on the fire, where it is to boil again 

 softly for half an hour, about which time the scum 

 will turn yellow; then put into it half a pound of 

 copperas, beaten small, and with it the hair that you 

 intend to colour; then let the hair be boiled softly till 

 half the liquor be wasted, and then let it cool, three 

 or four hours, with your hair in it: And you are to 

 observe, that the more copperas you put into it, the 



proper management, it Is the best material for the purpose yet known, 

 especially if ordered in the following manner. 



Take as many of the finest you can get as you please : put them into 

 any vessel; and pour therein the scummed fat of a pot wherein fresh, 

 but by no means salt, meat has been boiled : When they have lain three 

 or four hours, take them out, one by one ; and -stripping the grease off, 

 with your finger and thumb ; but do not wipe them stretch each grass 

 as long as it will yield : Coil them up in rings, and lay them by : And 

 you will find them become near as small, full as round, and much stronger 

 than the best single hairs you can get. To preserve them moist, keep 

 them in a piece of bladder well oiled: and, before you use them, let them 

 soak about halfap hour in water; or, in your walk to the river-side, put 

 a length of it into your mouth? 



If your grass is coarse, it will fall heavily in the water, and scare away 

 the fish ; on which account, gut has the advantage. But, after all, if 

 yaur grass be fine and round, it is the best thing you can use, 



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