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600
MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
99
Vitriol,
stir
it
well
up
;
then
pour
on
it
hot
water,
about
2
gallons,
stir
this
well
up
;
then,
having
half
a
tubful
of
water
boiling
hot
from
the
boiler,
pour
on
it
the
contents
of
the
small
tub
;
enter
3
pieces,
30
yards
each,
give
them
6
or
8
ends,
as
the
work-
men
term
it,
fold
up.
The
next
process
is
to
have
another
tub
of
water,
put
in
it
half
a
pailful
of
alum-
liquor,
give
the
pieces
3
or
4
ends
in
this,
take
out,
and
finish.
Renew
with
the
same
quantity
for
the
next
3
pieces,
and
proceed.
Note,
—
By
ends
is
meant
rinsing
the
pieces
backward
and
forward
over
the
wince
in
the
tub.
Half
a
hogshead
will
answer
the
purpose.
It
will
be
understood
that
these
cotton
colours
are
intended
for
linings
or
cambrics.
It
will
also
be
understood
that
the
liquors
must
be
prepared
as
in
Receipt
No.
161,
or
by
boiling
in
a
copper
cistern
the
former
is
most
'generally
adopted
for
this
kind
of
dyeing.
It
will
be
necessary
to
have
a
number
of
tubs
for
the
different
liquors^
and
in
dyeing
various
shades
to
have
the
liquors
prepared
in
readiness.
No.
200.
Green
on
Cotton,
Take
as
much
hot
fustic-liquor
as
will
cover
f^
pieces,
in
which
is
put
a
very
little
lime-liquor,
put
it
in
a
tub,
enter
your
goods,
give
them
5
ends,
hedge
them
out
;
take
another
tub,
half
full
of
water,
(cold,)
put
into
it
a
sufficient
quantity
of
blue-stone
of
vitrio^
liquor
to
set
the
tub,
about
2
quarts;
enter
your
goods
in
this,
give
them
5
ends,
hedge
out;
then
take
a
couple
of
pailfuls
of
the
fustic-liquor,
renew
the
first