ON DYEING. 87 



proper. I have given you a description of the rods, lines, 

 baits and flies requisite for the angler, so that I have 

 only further to add, that neatness, cleanliness, perseve- 

 rance and patience, are highly necessary in every depart- 

 ment of angling. 



As it may be difficult to obtain feathers and hair of 

 the exact colour you may want, I shall here inform you 

 how to dye them. 



HOW TO DYE THE MALLARD AND OTHER FEATHERS 

 YELLOW. 



Take the root of the barbary tree, shave it, put to it 

 woody vis, with alum the size of a wallnut, and boil the 

 feathers in it with rain water, and they will be a fine 

 yellow ; or after you have boiled your feathers in alum 

 water, boil them again in water wherein you have put 

 some fustic, and they will be of a deep yellow ; or get a 

 little weld and recou and boil your feathers with them, 

 and they will be a fine yellow colour. By the same 

 means you may dye the buffferrit fur yellow, which will 

 be equal to yellow martin's fur. 



TO DYE FEATHERS RED. 



After they have gone through the process of being dyed 

 yellow, put them in an earthen pipkin with rain water 

 and a few cochineals, boil them three-quarters of an 

 hour. The feathers best adapted for being dyed this 

 colour are the dark buff hackles from a common cock's 



