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Condy's fluid as a gut stain is excellent for a brown 



tinee. A teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water _ 



i i.i_ Staining 



is quite enough. Place the strands or casts gut 



in this mixture ; let it be tepid, not hot ; and 

 see that the whole of the, gut is immersed, or only part of 

 it will be stained. With less fluid and more water the 

 stain will be lighter in colour, or this may easily be 

 regulated by immersing the gut for a shorter or longer 

 time. On taking the gut out of the tumbler, give it a 

 slight shake, and let it dry before use. 



Green baize, boiled, will give a concoction for a green 

 stain; and Stephens' ink may be used for blue or 

 black. 



Cutch is good for staining creels, it gives a rich brown 

 colour. This is something like pitch, and is, I believe, 

 partly composed of oak-bark 

 and leaves. Break the cutch 

 into small pieces ; Stain 

 boil and stir it well, cree ls 

 and pour the hot 

 dye over the basket two or 

 three times. Let the basket 

 dry thoroughly hard before 

 use, or a wet day will make 

 the dye run, and this will 

 damage clothing. No amount 

 of boiling or soaking will 

 take the dye out of cloth or 

 woollen fabric. I once used a 

 creel that had not thoroughly 

 dried, when a heavy shower 

 came on while I was fishing 

 and covered a white sweater 

 in the creel with great brown 

 blotches, which have never 

 washed out. 



A small table-vice Table - 

 is a very handy tool, vice 

 being of great assistance when 

 whipping hooks, &c. They 



are supplied with a hook at one side, which is a help 

 to loop silk on when waxing it for tying. 



TABLE-VICE. 



