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simmer the whole for an hour over a slow fire. Then take 

 out fur or feathers, immerse in cold water, and wring and dry 

 as before. If you want a beautiful claret hue, add, in the 

 first boiling, to the Brazil-wood, half the quantity of log- 

 wood ; and, in the second boiling, a bit of copperas the size 

 of a pea, and the size of a hazel-nut of pearl-ash. Boil an 

 hour, immerse material in cold water, and rinse and dry as 

 before. Take care that the dyeing liquor be cool before you 

 add to it the sulphuric acid. 



"For Yellow. — "Water as before, in which put a handful of 

 bruised Persian berries ; boil for an hour, and then add two 

 tablespoonfuls of turmeric. Put in acid, mohair, &c, in 

 manner and quantity as before ; boil for half an hour, take 

 out and rinse in cold water, and dry. The addition of a 

 tablespoonful of Brazil-wood will change your brilliant yel- 

 low to rich orange. 



"For Brown. — "Water as before, in which boil a handful of 

 walnut-rind, with a very small quantity of red- wood, and of 

 logwood the size of a walnut, for half an hour, together with 

 a quarter of an ounce of the material to be dyed. Take it 

 out, cool the liquor, and add acid as before. Eeinsert feathers 

 or fur, &c, and boil them for another half-hour. Rinse and 

 dry as usual. For cinnamon and fiery brown colors, dye in 

 the above fluid hackles, pig's hair, and so forth, that have 

 been already dyed yellow. The fiery brown will require 

 more ingredients in the fluid than the cinnamon color. , 



"For Black. — "Water as before, in which boil two handfuls 

 of logwood one hour ; then add a little sumach and elder- 

 bark, and boil for half an hour longer. Next put in your 

 feathers, &c, and boil another half- hour. Take them out, cool 

 your liquor, and add acid ; dissolve a bit of copperas the size 

 of a nut, and adding a little argil and soda, boil again for 

 half an hour. Take out your feathers, fur, or hair occasion- 



