82 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Part ufed in Medicine: This is an excellent Sto- 
machic, and of a very pleafant Flavour. The — 
Barbadoes Water owes its Tafte to the Peel of this — 
Fruit; and there is a Way of making a Water 
very nearly equal to it in England, by the Addi- 
tion of Spice to the frefh Peels of good Lemons: 
the Method is as follows. oe 
Put into a fmall Still a Gallon of fine Melafles 
Spirit,. put to it fix Ounces of the Peels of very 
fine Lemons, and half an Ounce of Nutmegs, and 
one Dram of Cinnamon bruifed, let them ftand all 
Night, then add two Quarts of Water, and 
faften on the Head; diftil five Pints and a half, 
and add to this a Quart and half a Pint of Water 
_ with five Ounces of the fineft Sugar diffolved in 
it. This will be very nearly equal to the fine# 
Barbadoes Water. 
The CErrrep Try, 
CTERULLES 
A Creeping Plant of the Melon kind, cultivated 
in many Parts of Europe and the Eaft. The 
= Branches or Stalks are ten Feet long, thick, a? 
/ gular, “flethy, and hairy: They trail upon the 
like the Melon, and Cucumb 
1, often flatted and compofed of ' 
under a thick Rind, with Seeds 
