Q41 



TO DYE PURPLE OE VIOLET. 



First dye the hackles or stuffs blue, and 

 lay them to dry ; then, fill the dye-pot more 

 than half with soft water, and in the other pot 

 prepare the tartar and alum, dip your hackles 

 into this for a little while, and lay them on the 

 table till you prepare the red dye ; bruise a 

 couple of table-spoonfuls of cochineal, and put 

 them into the pot of hot soft water, boil for an 

 hour, and put in the blue hackles, and allow 

 them to simmer over the fire very slowly to keep 

 them from burning ; when you have the proper 

 shade, take them out and wash them well. 



TO DYE CRIMSON. 



Boil your hackles or hair in a tea-spoonful of 

 alum, and nearly as much pure tartar, for an 

 hour ; bruise two table-spoonfuls of cochineal, 

 and boil them in your clean water ; take out 

 the hackles from the alum-water, and put them 

 into the cochineal liquor, and boil for two or 

 three hours slowly or less, according to the 

 shade you require ; then take out the feathers 

 and wash them well, and you will have the 

 color desired. 



