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diftiliation with violence, the water-bath 

 effectually preventing the Flowers from be- 

 ing burnt. In this method you pay no 

 regard to the quantity, but the quality of 

 the water drawn off. If nine pounds of 

 Orange Flowers were put into the (till, be 

 fatisfied with three or four quarts of fra- 

 grant water ; however, you may continue 

 your diftillation, and fave even the laft 

 droppings of the dill, which have fome 

 fmall fragrancy. During the operation, 

 be careful to change the water in the refri- 

 geratory vefTel as often as it becomes hot. 

 Its being kept cool prevents the diftilled 

 water from having an empyreumatic or 

 burnt fmell, and keeps the quinteiTence of 

 the Flowers more intimately united with its 

 phlegm. 



$8. Another Method. 



Take four pounds of unpicked Orange 

 Flowers, bruife them in a marble mortar, 



and 



