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CKIMSON EED IN GKAIN. 



Boil your hackles or hair in a quarter of an 

 ounce of alum, and the same quantity of pure 

 tartar, an hour gently ; wash them out of this, 

 fill your dye-pot with clean water, or as much 

 as will conveniently boil ; put in an ounce of 

 well-powdered dye stuff they call " grain," with 

 one drachm of red arsenic, and one spoonful 

 of burnt wine lees, this gives a lustre ; wash 

 and rinse well after boiling a short time, and 

 the colour is good. 



TO DYE GEEEN DEAKE, FEATHEES 

 AND FUE. 



Boil your hackles, mohair, or fur, in alum 

 and tartar, a quarter of an ounce of each ; rinse 

 them well, and put them into the dye-pot, with 

 an ounce of savory, and as much green-wood 

 as the pot will contain; (it is best to boil off 

 the savory and green- wood first, throw away the 

 wood, and boil the feathers in the liquor ;) boil 

 I gently, and look at the feathers occasionally to 

 see if they are the right shade, these give the 



