en a hare
is young, the back is sometimes divided at the joints into three or
four parts, after being freed from the ribs and under-skin.

2681. Remarks.

Sufficient general instructions are here given to enable the carver,
by observation and practice, to acquit himself well. The art of
carving does not consist merely in dissecting the joints sent to
table, but in the judicious and economical distribution of them, and
the grace and neatness with which this distribution is effected. Every
dish ahould be sent to table properly garnished (where needed), and
the carver should preserve the neatness of the arrangement as much as
possible.

2682. Dyeing.

The filaments from which stuffs of all kinds are fabricated are
derived either from the animal or vegetable kingdom. We recognise the
former by the property they possess of liberating ammonia on being
treated with potash; while the latter afford a liquor having an acid
reaction under the same treatment. The animal kingdom furnishes three
varieties--silk, wool, and the furs, &c., of various animals; the
vegetable kingdom also three--flax, hemp, and cotton: all of which
require certain preliminary preparations to render them fit for the
dyer, which do not come within our province, our space only admitting
of a rapid glance at the production of the various colours.

2683. General Observations.

The various shades produced by colouring matters may be classed in one
or other of the following groups:

1. Blues }
2. Reds } _Simple_.
3. Yellows }

4. Violets }
5. Orange colours } _Binary_.
6. Greens }

7. Compound colours }
8. Black } _Ternary_.

Some colours adhere at once to the stuff, and are called _substantial
colours_; while others require that the material to be dyed should
undergo some previous preparation in order to render it permanent. The
substances used to fix the colouring matters are called _mordants_,
which should possess four qualifications:

i. They should possess an equal affinity for the fibre of the
material and the colouring matter.

ii. They should be incapable of injuring or destroying either by
prolonged action,

iii. They should form, with the colour, a compound capable of
resisting the action of air and water.

iv. They should be capab