154 THE TOILET 



EfTence, as fancy directs. It is alfo very 

 good to prevent marks in the face from 

 the Small-pox ; in which lad cafe, a little 

 powder of Saffron, or fome deficcative 

 powder, fuch as Flowers of Zinc or French 

 Chalk, is ufually added. Keep it for ufe 

 In a large gallypot tied over with a 

 bladder, 



184. Cucumher Pomatum, 



' Take Hog's Lard, a pound; ripe Mel- 

 ons, and Cucumbers, of each three pounds, 

 Verjuice, half a pint; two pippins pared, 

 and a pint of Cow's Milk. Slice the Mel- 

 ons, Cucumbers, and Apples, having firfl 

 pared them *, bruife them in the Verjuice, 

 and, together with the Milk and Hog's 

 Lard, put them into an alembic. Let them 

 infufe in a vapour-bath eight or ten hours ; 

 then fqueeze out the Liquor through a 

 {training cloth while the mixture is hot, 



and 



