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223. Common Powder. 



The befl Starch dried is generally the 

 baiis of all Hair-powders : as are, fome- 

 times, worm-eaten or rotten Wood, dried 

 Bones, or Bones calcined to whitenefs, 

 which are lifted through a fine hair fieve 

 after they have been beaten to powder* 

 This kind of Powder readily takes any 

 fcent, particularly that of Florentine Orrice* 

 a root which naturally poffeffes a violet 

 fmell. Of thefe Roots, the whitefl and 

 founded are made choice of; they are to 

 be powdered as fine as poflible, and this 

 can only be done during the fummer. 



224. White Powder* 



Take four pounds of Starch, half a 

 pound of Florentine Orrice-root, fix 

 Cuttle-fifh. Bones; Ox Bones and Sheeps 



Bones 



