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Black (Work for minutes in a bath)

Work for 20 minutes in a bath with 8 ounces camwood; lift, and add 8 ounces copperas; work 20 minutes more, then withdraw the fire from the boiler, and submerge the goods in the liquor over night, then wash out. Work for an hour in another bath containing a decoction of 5 pounds logwood and 1 pint chamber lyc; lift, and add 4 ounces copperas; work for 30 minutes longer, wash and dry.

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