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Scarlet
Work for an hour in a bath with 1 pound tartar, 2 ounces dry cochineal, 8 ounces sumach and 8 ounces fustic; wash out and dry. 4 ounces alum, and 1 ounce tartar; wash out in cold water, and then work for 30 minutes in another bath made up with 3 pounds logwood; lift, and add 1 ounce verdigris; work for 15 minutes, wash and dry.