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THE BEST METHODS OF COLORING 

 GUT AND HAIR. 



For a brown. Take some alum pound- 

 ed, and boil it till dissolved, then add a 

 pound of walnut-tree bark from the branches 

 when the sap is up, or the buds, or green 

 nuts ; boil it an hour, and let it stand after 

 skimming about ten minutes ; then put in the 

 gut, or hair, for about a minute, stirring it 

 round, or till you like the colour: if you let 

 it continue there too long, it will become 

 dark and make the hair, or gut, rotten : I 

 think the lighter it is tinged with this colour 

 the better. You may also make it brown- 

 ish by steeping it in salt and ale. 



For a pale watery green. Take a pint 

 of strong ale, half a pound of soot, a small 

 quantity of the juice of walnut leaves, with 

 the like quantity of alum, put these into a 

 pipkin and boil them together about three 

 quarters of an hour ; having so done, take 



