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A/I Dr./I:g'. Boil funi,·bmies in alulU water : bUI
{or • de~p orange. ufe IUrlll~. ie·root.
Blur. Boi l <ider·berrie" or dw.,f clder, in water j
Iben fmear or waOI the Ilcins with it; wring themout j
Ihen boil the bmies as before in a folution of alum lOa·
ler, and wet the O,ins in tite 1'lIle w.Her once or twiee j
dry them, ano tltéY wiJl be Ve.y hllle.
A p/lr, jI."j colour. Fur eadl Iltin takc indigo one
ouoee j put it into boiling water, In it ~and oo~ oigltt;
Ihen it a liule, and witb a bruO,.peneil beflllear tbe
D,io twiee o'·er.
Pu-pi.. Dilfolve roeh·alum io warm water, wet tbe
n,inswith it, dry them; theo hoil rafped bralll wdl in wa·
t~r ; let it (land to eool: do this tbree times. and after·
w~rds rub tbe dye over tbe !kios witb your band j aod
wheo tbey are dry, polifh tbem.
Gr"n. T ake fap.green aod alum·water, of eaeh a
fuflieieot quaotity j mix aod boil them a little; if you
would have tbecolour da.ker, add a li\tlc iodigo.
Proc~l!" flr dying LEATHER Red and YeJlow, aJ prac·
lifed in Turkey; ",ilh dirdlion¡ f or p"paring and
lanlling Ih. ftin¡, al cOlnlllunicaled hy Mr Pbilippo,
d nMlioe of Armeoia, ",ho " " ived frolll Ihe Sociely
jor Ihe Enco'lfagnmnl of Arl', &c. one hUlldrtd
, ound" and alfo Ihe medalof Ih. Soehly, aJ a
re",ard for difco.ering IhÍJ fecrel.
1. Firjl p"p3ralioll o( Ihe SlinJ, f or Red and
Yel/o", [ealhrr, bydrcJling lhcm in /ilo(. Let the fkio"
dried with the bair 00, be firll laid tO foak in cleao water
{or tbreedays j let themthen be"roken over the (leOl fide,
put ioto frefh water for twO days looger. aod afterwards
huog up to draio balf ao hour. Let themnow bebroken
agaio 00 the flefh fide, limed iD eold lime oro the fame
flde, and daubled togelher with the grain fide outlVard.
ln this (1m Ihey mu(l be hung up witbin doors over a
frame for fi ve or fi x days, tiJl the bair be loofe; whieh
mu(l be tben taken off, and the !kio, returned ·inlo tbe
lime.pit, for about three weeks. Take them out, aud
let them be wcJl worked flefh and grain, every fl)uh or
feveolh day during Ihat time: after whieh, Jet Ihem be
wzfhed ten times in clear waler, ehanging tbe water at
_.eh wafhing. T hey are oext to be prepared in dreneh, as
be/ ow mentioned.
2 . Second preparalion ofIh, Slinr for bolh(h, Red and
Y,I/o", D/(J by drenching. Afler fqueezing Ihe waler out
of tbe !kin!, put them into a mixture of brao and water,
warm as new milk, in Ihe following proponior.s, oiz. a–
bollt Ihree pounds of brdn for five !kins, ~nd w~ter f~f­
fieient to make Ihe mixture moderately (lUId , wdl
beaboul a gallon to eaeh pound of bran. In thi~ dre~cit
let Ihe O,ins lie Ihree day'; al Ihe end of whleb ume
they tUu(l be well worked, and afterwards returned Into
the drcneb t\\'0 days lon~cr. Tbey mu(l then he lakeo
Qut and rubbed lx:twecn the hands j Ihe water fqucezed
from Ihel\l, ao'! rlt! bran fcraped off .Jear frolO botll fi.h
of tbe 0"0'. Ah" Ihis thel" OIun ~~ aga;n w,lhed teo
times in cle., wu er, and the w,lt~r f'l"eezedoul of tilcnr.
Thu, f,r Iheprepmtury proceís uf,lI the Ikill', whetber
inlended 10 bc dyed r<d or yellow, is the fame; bot . 1.
terwards tbole whkh .ue to be dyéd red, mun be trcaleJ
as follows.
3 Preparalion in hM:y alld b,an of Ih, ftio, Ihal
are lobe dyed rd. Mix one pound of b>ney witb tbree
pints of luke·'lÍarm w.ter, and Hirr Ihem togelher .Iill
Ihe honey is dilíulved. Then add two double h. nd fuh
of bran j am! taking fou r O,ins (for whieb Ihe aaol'c
quantityof tbe mixture will be fuflieient) work them well
in it one afler anolher Afterwards fold up eaeb O,rn
fepdralely into a .0unJ form, witb the O<fh fide iowuds,
and lay Ihem in an eartben pan, or olher proper velfel ;
if in Ihe fummer, by the fide of eaeb other; but in Ihe
winter, on the 10p of eaeh other. PI,ce the ..elfel in a
floping pofitioo, fo th.t fu.b pan of Ibe fluid as may
fponlaneouOy drain from Ihe fkio!, may drain Ihem.
An aeid fermentalion will thenrife in the liquor, and Ihe
Ocins will fwell eonfiderably. In this nate Ihey mun con–
tÍnue for feveo or eight days; blll tbe moillure tha!
drains from tbem. mui! be poured off. once or rwiee a–
day, as oeeaGon may require. Afler Ihi. a funher pre–
paration infalt is nteelfary j and whieh mu(l be perform–
ed in tbe following manner.
4. Preparalion in fall, of Ihe ftin, lo br d,cd red.
After the Ocins bavebeeo fermenl~d in the honcyand brao,
as abovemenlioned, let tbem be I.kenout of tbat mixlure
on tbe eighth or ninth day, and weJl rubbrd with dry
common fea·falt, in Ihe proponion of about balr a poun'd
to eaeh Oún; Ihe f,lt mun be well rubbed aod worked
with tbem. This will make thcm eootraél again, and
part with a funher confiderable quanrity of moiHure;
whieh mun be fyueezed out by drawing each !kin fepa–
rate/y tbrougb the hands. They mu(l next be feraped
clean on bOlb fides from the bran, fuperfl~ous falt, and
moinure Ihat may adhere 10 Ibem. After wbieh, dryfalt
mun be nrewed over the grain fiJe, aod weJl rubbed i.
with Ihe bando They are then 10 be doubled with Ihe
flefh fide outward" Jengtbways from neek 10 tail, and a
li\tle mor< dry falt mun be tbioly.Orewed over Ihe flefh
.fide, and rubbed in : for the two la(l operations abolit a
pound and a of fJ11 Viill be fuflicieot for eaeh !kin.
They muO t"eo be puto thus folded 00 eaeh olher, be–
twecn tWO cJean boarJs, plaeed floping, bre,dtblVays ;
and a heavy lVeight laid on the upper board, io order
g,adually 10 prefs out IVhat moifiure tbey \ViII Ih"s pan
wilh. In this (late of prelfure. Ibey mun be eontinued
two days or longer, lill it is eonvcnient to dye Ibem, for
which Ibey lVill tben beduely prepared.
5. Preparali.n ~r lh( lid DJ" in ap"/w ,,~,.rli.
ollfor fOtl' jl.-illJ. PUl eighrgallons 01' waler into a e~p'
per, wilh ben ouoees of Ihenao ., ticdup in alin~n bago
Lióht
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