Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million / Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts

by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

1442. Or, dissolve sap-green in water and add gum.

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1443. Red.—Steep Brazil dust in vinegar, with alum. Or, dissolve litmus in water and add spirit of wine.

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1444. Or, steep cochineal in water, strain, and add gum.

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1445. Yellow.—Dissolve gamboge in water; or French berries steeped in water the liquor strained, and gum arabic added.

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TO MIX WATER-COLORS FOR ANIMALS.

1446. Horses, Black.—Black lightly laid on, shaded with Keating's black and bistre, heightened with masticot.