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Olive (Work for an hour in a bath)

Work for an hour in a bath made up with 10 ounces fustic, 8 ounces logwood, 4 ounces madder, and 2 ounces peachwood; lift, and add 4 ounces copperas in soin solution; work for 30 minutes and dry.

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