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Common Red (Make a decoction of pounds)

Make a decoction of 3 pounds sumach, and put the goods in at once; let them steep over night; wring out and work for an hour in a mixture of 1 gill red spirits (see No. 108), to every gallon water; wring out and wash well; then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds limawood and 1 pound fustic, using this decoction as hot as the hand can bear it; lift, and add 1 gill red spirits, then work for 15