1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 218. Bed on Leather.

Red is given by washing the skins, and Laying them two hours in galls, then wringing them out, dipping them in a liquor made with ligustrum, alum, and verdigris, in water, and lastly in a dye made of Brazil-wood boiled with lye.

No. 219. Yellow on Leather.

Infuse quercitron-bark in vinegar, in which boil a little alum, and brush over your skins with the infdsioa. Finish same as ITo. 217. No. 220. Another Yellow on Leather. Take 1 pint whiskey, 4 ounces turmeric; mix them well together ; when settled, sponge your skin over, and finish the same as Ko. 217. No. 221. Blue on Leather. For each skin, take 1 ounce indigo ; put it into boiling water, and let it stand one night; then warm it a little, and with a brush smear the skin twice over. Finish same as No. 217.

No. 222. Black on Leather.

Put your, skin on a clean board, sponge it over with gall and sumach liquors strong, then take a