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Chocolate, or French Brown

Dye a spirit yellow according to receipt No. 141; then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds logwood; lift, and add 1/2 pint of red liquor (see No. 100), and work 10 minutes longer; wash and dry. A deeper shade may be obtained by adding 1 pound fustic to the logwood.

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