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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
Boap,
and
in
aluming
them
you
may
use a
little
sugar
of
lead.
No.
171.
Gray
on
Silk.
For
a
silk
dress
:
Take
4
or
6
ounces
of
fine
pow-
dered
galls,
and
pour on
them
boiling
water
;
handle
your
silk
in
this
for
20
or 30
minutes.
In
another
form,
dissolve
a
piece
of
green
copperas
about
the
size
of
a
nut.
Handle
your
silk
through
this,
and
it
will
be
a gray,
more
or
less
dark,
according
to
the
quantity
of
drugs.
No.
172.
Slate
on
Silk,
To
make
a
slate,
take
another
pan
of
warm
water
and
about
a
teacupful
of
logwood-liquor,
pretty
strong,
and
a
piece
of
pearlash
of
the
size
of
a
nut.
Take
the
above
gray-coloured
goods
and
handle
a
little
in
this
liquor,
and
it
is
finished.
Note.
—
If
too
much
logwood
is
used,
the
colour
will
be
too
dark.
No.
173.
Olive
on
Silk.
By
adding
a
little
fustic-liquor
to
the
above
siate,
it
will
form
an
olive
:
it
may
be
necessary
to
run
them
through
a
weak
pearlash-
water
to
saddeu
them.
Wash
in
two
waters
for
the
above
three
colours.
They
vdll
keep
their
colour
very
well.