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20. A perfumed Bqfket. 

 Place a layer of perfumed Cotton ex- 

 tremely thin and even on a piece of 

 Taffety (Iretched in a frame; drew on it 

 fome Violet Powder, and then fome Cy- 

 prefs Powder ; cover the whole with an- 

 other piece of Taffety : nothing more re- 

 mains to complete the work, but to quilt 

 it, and cut it of the fize of the bafket, trim- 

 ming the edges with ribband. 



a. Natural Cofmetics. 

 The Juice that iflues from the Birch* 

 Tree, when wounded with an auger in fpring, 

 is deterfive and excellent to clear the com- 

 plexion : the fame virtue is attributed to 

 its diftilled water. Some people recom- 

 mend Strawberry-water ; others the decoc- 

 tion of Orpimcnt, and fome Frog-fpawn* 

 water. 6 



