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fmall quantity of Lemon-peel ; beat the 

 whole together into fine powder, and then 

 add twenty pounds of Starch-powder. Sift 

 through a lawn fieve ; and colour the 

 powder according to your fancy. . 



220. The White Powder that enters into the 

 Compofition of the Delightful Perfume. 



Take a pound of Florentine Orrice* 

 root, twelve Cuttle-fifti Bones, eight 

 pounds of Starch, and a handful of 

 Sheep or Bullock's Bones calcined to white- 

 nefs ; beat the whole into a powder, and 

 lift it through a fine hair fieve. 



221. Prepared Powder, . 



Pour a quart of Brandy, or an ounce 

 of highly rectified Spirit of Wine, on a 

 pound or a pound and a half of Starch, 

 mix them together; then dry the Starch, 



beat 5 



