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materials, and stir them round till the liquor just 

 begins to boil ; then take them out^ and instantly 

 throw them into some hard cold water, with a 

 little alum dissolved in it, wash them out and dry 

 them for use. You may make the shades of this 

 colour vary, by dissolving more or less of the 

 bark, according to judgment, or letting the ma- 

 terials be in the dye a longer or shorter time.* 



5. Gamboge, dissolved in spirits of wine, 

 will impart a fine yellow to the feathers, if they 

 be first boiled in strong alum water. 



The two following recipes produce very curi- 

 ous and beautiful imitations of the Green and 

 Gray Drake : 



1. White, or pale straw-coloured flos silk, 

 ribbed with very fine silk, either black, brown, 

 or copper-coloured, and gold-beater's skin neatly 

 worked over the whole, which, being transparent, 

 gives the body a rich cream-coloured appearance, 

 such as is to be observed in the natural fly. 



* Taylor's Angling in all its Branches. 



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