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Yellow (Work for minutes in a bath)

Work for 20 minutes in a bath of water containing 8 ounces tartar and 8 ounces alum; lift, and add 2 pounds bark, 8 ounces sumach, 8 ounces fustic, and 1 pint red spirits (see No. 108); work in this for 40 minutes, wash out and dry.

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