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20. A perfumed Bajket, 



Place a layer of perfumed Cotton ex- 

 tremely thin and even on a piece of Taf« 

 fety flretchcd in a frame •, drew on it fome 

 Violet Powder, and then fome Cyprefs 

 Powder-, cover the whole with another 

 piece of TafFety : nothing more remains 

 to complete the work, but to quilt it, and 

 cut it of the fize of the bafket, trimming 

 the edges with ribband. 



2 1 . Natural Cofmeiic. 



The Juice that ifTucs from the Birch- 

 Tree, when wounded with an auger in 

 fpring, is deterfive and excellent to clear 

 the complexion : the fame virtue is attri- 

 buted to its diflilled water. Some people 

 recommend Strawberry-water ^ others the 

 deco(5lion of Qrpimcnt, and fome Frog- 

 fpawn-watcr. 



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