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head, and receiver *, lute the joints care- 

 full)^, and diflil in a vapour- bath with a 

 very flow fire. When you have drawn off 

 about a tenth pare of what was put into 

 the matrafs, let the vcffel cool, and fet 

 apart the Spirit that is found in the re- 

 ceiver. What remains in the matrafs mud 

 not be thrown away as ufelefs, for it is a 

 Rofe-water far fuperior towhat is prepared 

 according to the ufual method, 



After the firll rectification of a part of 

 th€ Spirit, repeat the fame operation with 

 another part, till the whole is re6tified, 

 and then redify them all together once 

 more. After this lad operation, you will 

 obtain a highly penetrating and intiam- 

 mable Spirit of Rofes. The phlegmatic 

 part that remains in the matrafs may be 

 added to that procured from the preceding 

 reel i fie ations, and the whole kept for ufe 



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