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600

MISCELLANEOUS

VALUABLE

RECEIPTS.

103

*

No.

207.

,

Purple on

Cotton,

Get

up

a

tub

of

hot

logwood-liquor,

enter

3

pieces,

give

tliem

5

ends,

hedge

out

;

enter

them

into

a

clean

alum-tub,

give

them

5 ends,

hedge

out;

get

up

another

tub

of

logwood-liquor,

enter,

give

them

5

ends,

hedge

out

;

renew

your

alum-tub,

give

them

5

ends

in

that,

and

finish.

No.

208.

Black

on

Cotton.

First

take

your

pieces

and

boil

them

in

sumach-

liquor,

in

a

large

copper

vessel,

if

you

have

it,

that

will

hold

60

or

70

pieces,

in

which

you

put

about

a

bushel

and

a

half

of

sumach

;

let

them

stay

all

night,

if

it is

convenient

;

take

out,

and

enter

them

into-

the

lime-tub,

3

at

a

time

;

give

them

4

ends,

hedge

out

;

enter

them

into

the

copperas-tub,

give

them

5

ends,

hedge

out;

enter

them

into

the

lime

again,

give

them

4

ends,

hedge

out

;

enter

them

into

another

tub

with

tolerably

strong

logwood-liquor,

give

them

5

ends;

put

them

to

one

side

of

the

tub;

put

in

enough

copperas-liquor

to

blacken

them,

(about

a.

couple

of

quarts,)

then

give

them

a

few

more

ends,

and

they

are

finished.

With

this

process

it

ia

the

same

as

with

the

greens.

After

sumaching,

liming,

copperasiug,

and

second

liming

is

repeated,,

till

you

get

as

many

as

will

answer

you

to

finish

that

day,

the

tubs

being

renewed

after

each

3

pieces,,

then

comes

the

finishing;

after

each

3

pieces,

the

logwood

and

copperas

liquor

is

thrown

away,

because