alum water, then dried,
and boiled in a decoction made of three quarters of a pound of madder
to every pound of the article. It should then be taken out and dried,
and steeped in a second bath in the same manner. When dyed, the
articles should be washed in warm soap and water, to remove a
dun-coloured matter given out by the madder.

2692. Cloth (Scarlet).

Three quarters of a pint of a tin mordant, made by dissolving three
pounds of tin in sixty pounds of hydrochloric acid, is added to every
pound of lac dye, and digested for six hours. To dye twenty-five
pounds of cloth, a tin boiler of seventy-five gallons capacity should
be filled nearly full with water, and a fire kindled under it. When
the heat is 150 deg. Fahr., half a handful of bran and two ounces of tin
mordant are to be thrown into it. The froth which arises is skimmed
off, the liquor is made to boil, and two pounds and three quarters of
lac dye, previously mixed with a pound and three quarters of the
solvent, and fourteen ounces of the tin solvent, are added.

Immediately afterwards two pounds and three quarters of tartar, and a
pound of ground sumach, both tied up in a linen bag, are to be added,
and suspended in the bath for five minutes. The fire being withdrawn,
five gallons of cold water and two pints and three quarters of tin
mordant being poured into the bath, the cloth is immersed in it. The
fire is then replaced, and the liquid made to boil rapidly for an
hour, when the cloth is removed and washed in pure water.

2693. Cloth (Yellow).

Use No. ii. for calico. Quercitron and weld produce a solid yellow;
fustic a very brilliant tint; while turmeric yields a less solid
yellow.

2694. Feathers (Black).

Use the same as for cloth.

2695. Feathers (Blue).

Every shade may be given by indigo--or dip in silk dye.

2696. Feathers (Crimson).

Dip in acetate of alumina mordant, then in a boiling-hot decoction of
Brazil-wood--and, last of all, pass through a bath of cudbear.

2697. Feathers (Pink, or Rose-colour).

Pink, or rose-colour, is given by safflower and lemon juice.

2698. Feathers (Deep Red).

Proceed as for crimson, omitting the cudbear bath.

[THE FAT MAN KNOWETH NOT WHAT THE LEAN THINK.]

2699. Feathers (Yellow).

Mordant with acetate of alumina, and dip in a bath of turmeric or weld.

2700. Hair (Black).

As