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be filled above two thirds ; cork it tight, 

 and expofe it to the heat of the fun in 

 fine weather, five and twenty or thirty 

 days, to purify the efTence, a fingle 

 drop of which will be capable of 

 fcenting a quart of Water or any other 

 Liquid. 



121. EJJence of Ambergrife. 



Take of Ambergrife a quarter of 

 an ounce ; the fame quantity of Sugar 

 Candy ; Mufk, half a drachm ; and Civet, 

 two grains ; rub them together, and put 

 the ^mixture into a Phial : pour upon it 

 a quarter of a pint of tartarifed Spirit of 

 Wine, ftop clofe the Phial, which fet in 

 a gentle fand heat for four or five days, 

 and then decant the clear Tincture for 

 ufe. This makes the bell: of perfumes; 

 the leaft touch of it leaves its fcent 

 upon any thing a great time ; and in con- 



ilitutions 



