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may be reds obtained in an hour's boiling. 

 This is a wood which is of a hard nature, and 

 it is difficult to extract the colour from it, 

 although a good dye. 



A claret may be produced from Brazil-wood 

 mixed with red archil, and boiled in the usual 

 manner, dipped in potash liquor, or brilla will 

 act in the same way to strike the colour ; use 

 hard water. 



A fiery brown may be made from fustic and 

 turmeric boiled together with alum and a little 

 crystal of tartar, (soft water for this dye), and 

 then dip in liquor of potash. 



A cinnamon brown may be made with a little 

 madder, or stone crottle, boiled with alum and 

 tartar, with a little turmeric to finish it. 



A good blue may be had by boiling the 

 hackles with alum water, and add a spoonful 

 of the liquid blue ; this is done by putting 

 some oil of vitriol into a bottle with a little 

 water, and then the indigo, powdered, which 

 will dissolve in twenty-four hours, and be ready 

 for use. (I have mentioned this twice before, 

 as I am very particular.) 



For a purple, dye blue first, then add the 

 red dye, and dip it in potash; when the 



