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A CONCISE WAY OF DYEING 

 COLOUES. 



I will now add the way to dye the colours, 

 for pighair, mohair, hackles, &c., in a concise 

 and summary manner, to avoid giving trouble 

 in too many words, and the quantities of in- 

 gredients I have given before, which would be 

 superfluous to mention over so often, and which 

 the dyer must know by this time. The great 

 art is in knowing the quantities that each dye 

 requires to obtain the exact colour, and this 

 may be known by a close observation to the 

 rules I have given. 



Fustic and alum water will dye yellow, the 

 hackles dipped three times in fresh stuff. 

 Weld, turmeric, and fenugreek, will give a 

 yellow, boiled in alum water, and the hackles 

 dipped often, till they are the proper colour. 



These may be dyed without tartar at pleasure. 



Brazil-wood, boiled till you have a strong 

 decoction, strain off the juice, then add alum 

 water, boil the hackles in it slowly for a day 

 or two, and it will produce good reds. If the 

 colour of the Brazil-wood be very strong, there 



