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Ambergrife, or any other Perfume. On 

 the contrary, the Snuff receives the Per- 

 fume the more readily, and preserves its 

 flavour the longer on that account. 



322. Method of dying Snuff Red or Yellozv* 



Take the fize of a nut or two of Yel- 

 low or Red Ochre, and to temper the 

 colour mix with it a little White Chalk. 

 Grind thefe colours on a marble, with a 

 little lefs than half an ounce of Oil of 

 Sweet Almonds, and moiften with as much 

 Water as the colour will take up, till it 

 .becomes a fmooth Pafle. Then mix it 

 with a thin Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth 

 to a proper confidence, and put it into an 

 earthen difh, ftirring into it ■ about a pint 

 more of W r ater. Aftewards take any quan- 

 tity of cieanfed Snuff you pleafe, throw it 

 upon the colour, and rub it well between 

 your hands. When the Pafte is thoroughly 



tinged 



