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Fawn Brown
Take 1 part annotto liquor (see No. 95), and 1 part boiling water; stir well, and work the goods in it for 10 minutes; wring out and wash in two waters; then work for 20 minutes in a decoction of 2 pounds fustic and 1 pound sumach lift, and add 3 ounces copperas in solution; stir well, and work for 20 minutes longer; then work for 20 minutes in a decoction of 8 ounces limawood, 8 ounces fustic, and 4 ounces logwood; lift, and add 1 ounce alum; work in this for 10 minutes; wring out and dry.