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three or four hours, and add a little water to it 

 as it boils away. When all the juice of the 

 dye is taken out of the rinds, strain the liquor 

 off, put it into the basin, and throw away the 

 rinds; you take two handfuls more and boil 

 them in the same way, and add the stuff 

 together in the pot; the rinds being thrown 

 away, put your hackles, &c., previously washed, 

 into the dye, and simmer them on the fire for 

 four or five hours, till you have the proper 

 colour struck on the hackles. The alum and 

 tartar need not be added to this dye. 



Take out the feathers and wash them well ; 

 the walnut roots cut small dye in the same way. 



TO DYE A YELLOW BEOWN. 



The Saunders' Wood, brought from the 

 Indies, and sold in powder or ground mixed 

 with sumach is good, it takes long to boil, 

 adding the alum. 



A Cinnamon Brown or Fiery Brown may be 

 struck on the hackles or colours (pig hair or 

 mohair) by first dyeing them yellow, the same 

 as explained in the yellow dye ; put the hackles. 



