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fufed. Perform the operation in a water 

 bath, and having carefully luted the head 

 and receiver, which rnuft be placed in a 

 tub of cold water, to prcferve the fcenr, 

 draw off about three quarts and a pint 

 with a moderate fire, then change the re- 

 ceiver, fix on another, and draw off another 

 pint, which, though of an inferior ^qua- , 

 lity, is well worth prefcrving. 



80, A curious Water, Inoim hy the Name 

 of the Spring Nofegay, 



Take fix ounces of Hyacinths, a quar- 

 -ter of a pound of picked Violets, the fan-ve 

 quantity of Wall Flowers picked, and 

 Jonquils ; an ounce of Florentine Orrice 

 bruifed -, half an ounce of Mace grofsly 

 powdered ; and two ounces of Qtiintef- 

 fence of Orange. Put the whole (the 

 Jonquils, Wall Flowers, and Lilies of 

 the Valley excepted) about the end of 



March, 



