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dissolves, add a quantity of walnut tree bark 

 when the sap is up, or the nuts of the same 

 tree whilst in the green state ; boil them together 

 for nearly an hour, and let the liquid stand until 

 nearly cool : skim it, and put in the gut or hair 

 for about a minute, until you perceive that it has 

 imbibed the colour intended. If it remain long 

 it will be tinged too deeply, and the gut will 

 become rotten. 



For a Pate Watery Green. To a pint of 

 strong ale add half a pound of soot, a small 

 quantity of walnut leaves, and a little alum ; then 

 boil them for about three quarters of an hour, 

 and when nearly cold put in the gut or hair. 



The following recipes have not been made so 

 generally public, but are much more simple, and 

 equally effectual with the foregoing, viz : 



Stain your gut in strong tea, lukewarm, with 

 the addition of a small quantity of logwood 

 scrapings, for twenty-four hours, and it will be 

 an excellent colour ; or another equally common 

 beverage, coffee, will, if made strong, by the 



