sui INTRODUCTION, 
Gat AP. IV. a 
Concerning Diftilled Waters, and other Prepas — 
rations to be kept in the Houfe. és + 
T Shall bring the charitable Lady farther in this — 
Matter than perhaps fhe was aware at the firft ~ 
fetting out; but it will be with little Expence, and — 
little Trouble. She will find, that I now intend 
fhe fhould keep a Sort of Chemift’s, or at leaft an 
_ Apothecary’s Shop, as well as a Druggift’s ; but it 
will be founded upon the fame Materials. No — 
Drugs brought from abroad, or to be purchafed — 
ata great Price, will have Place in it : They are 
all Natives of our own Country; and the Prepa- 
_ ration of thefe Medicines from them will coft only 
a little-Spirit, a little Sugar, and the Labour of 
a Servant. . : 
That Spirit is beft which is called Moloffes Spi- 
Tit; itis to be bought at a {mall Price at the Dit 
lers: And as to the Sugar, the moft ordinary loaf 
_ Kind will do for moft Purpofes: Where other is 
neceffary, it will be particularly named. _ s 
Few Families are without an Alembic or Still, 
and that will be of material Service. With that In- 
ftrument the fimple Waters are to be made; 
with no Expence belide the Fire, and it will be 
proper to keep thofe of the following Ingredients. — 
~ Mint W: shoe Pepper-mint Water, et Penn 
royal Water, are to be made of the dry Hei 
Three Pound of each is to be put into the St 
with four Gallons of Water, and two Gallons is 
to be diftilled off. Milk Water is to be made 
thus ; a Pound and half of Spear-mint, a Pound of 
half a Pound of Roman Wormwood, and 
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