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TO DYE BLACK. 



Boil two good handfuls of log-wood with a 

 little sumach and elder bark for an hour, put in 

 the stuff or hackles (boil very gently), bruise a 

 piece of copperas about the size of two Spanish 

 nuts, put it in with a little argil and soda; 

 take out the hackles and hold them in the 

 open air a little, then put them in again and 

 leave them all night gently heated, wash the 

 dye well out of them and yoiu* black will be 

 fine. The argil and soda soften the dye stuff 

 of the copperas, but a small quantity must be 

 put in. 



TO DYE GKEENS OF VAKIOUS 

 SHADES. 



The greatest nicety of all is in finding the 

 exact quantity of ingredients to put in, so as 

 to prevent the dye stuff from injuring the 

 fibres of the hackles, &c.; for the light shades 

 add the smallest quantity, and augment 

 it by degrees. Dye the hackles a very light 



