166 THE TOILET 



198. A Pomatum to remove Rednefs, or 

 Pimples in the Face* 



Steep in clear Water a pound of a 

 Boar's Cheektill it becomes tolerably white, 

 drain it quite dry, and put it into a new- 

 glazed earthen pan with two or three pared 

 Pippins quartered, an ounce and a half 

 of the four Cold Seeds bruifed, and a flice 

 of Veal about the fize of the palm of one's 

 hand. Boil the whole together in a va- 

 pour-bath for four hours, then with a 

 ftrong cloth fqueeze out your pomatum 

 into an earthen dim placed upon hot 

 afhes; adding to it an ounce of White 

 Wax, and an ounce of Oil of Sweet Al- 

 monds. Stir the pomatum well with a 

 fpatula till it become cold. 



