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Asiatic Black Ink

Logwood shavings and powdered galls, of each 2 pounds; black. bility of the black, is preserved in the liquid. green vitriol, 1 pound; gum, & pound; pome- Gum, by shielding the writing from the action granate bark, 1 pound; water, 1 gallon; inof the air, tends to preserve the color, but if fuse 14 days with frequent agitation, or boil as much is employed, the ink flows badly from directed in last receipt. This ink writes pale, quill pens, and scarcely at all from steel pens. but flows well from the pen, and soon turns The latter require a very limpid ink. The addition of sugar increases the flowing property of ink, but makes it dry more slowly, and frequently passes into vinegar, when it acts injuriously on the pen. Vinegar, for a like reason, is not calculated for the fluid ingredient. The best blue galls should alone be employed in making ink. Sumach, logwood,