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cept the Ambergrife, which is to be added 



afterwards. T hen take two pounds of the 



fineft White Soap, fhaved fmall, and infufe 



it in three pints of Brandy, four or five 



days. When it is diffolved, add a little 



Orange Flower-water, and knead the 



whole into a very ftiff Pafte with the 



bed Starch finely powdered. Then mix 



the Ambergrife, with a little Gum Traga- 



canth liquefied in fweet-fcented Water. 



Of this Parte make Wafh-bails ; dry them 



in the made, and polifhthem with a Pafte- 



board or Lignum Vitae cup. 



252. Bologna Wafh-balU. 



Take a pound of Italian Soap cut in 

 fmall bits, and a quarter of a pound of 

 Lime ; pour on them two quarts of Brandy, 

 let them ferment together twenty-four 

 hours, then fpread the mafs on a fheet of 

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