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frem Lavender Flowers. Stir the Lard 

 and Flowers together while the Lard is 

 in a liquid ftate, in order to mix them 

 thoroughly ; and repeat the former procefs. 

 Continue to adt in this manner till the 

 whole quantity of Lavender Flowers is 

 ufed. Then fet in a cool place the poma- 

 tum feparated from the Lavender Flowers, 

 that it may congeal ; pour off the brown 

 aqueous juice extracted from them ; and 

 warn the Pomatum in feveral waters, ftir- 

 ring it with a wooden fpatula, to feparate 

 any remaining watery particles, till the 

 laft water remains perfectly colourlefs. 

 Then melt the Pomatum in a vapour-bath, 

 and keep it in that ftate about an hour, in 

 a veffel well corked ; leaving it afterwards 

 to congeal. Repeat this laft operation 

 till the aqueous particles are entirely ex- 

 tracted when the Wax muft be added, and 

 the Pomatum havingbeen again melted, in a 

 6 vapour- 



