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v/ater. Take a handful of powder, and 

 incorporate it well with this mixture, then 

 fifc it through a fieve j add two or three 

 pounds more powder, or even a larger 

 quantity, till the perfume is brought to 

 a proper degree of ftrength. As to the 

 Civet, put it on the end of a hot peftic, 

 and rub it well with a handful of powder ; 

 after which add, by little and little, fix 

 pounds of powder ; then fift the whole 

 through a hair fieve to incorporate it 

 with the other perfumed powder. The 

 Ambergrife muft be well rubbed in 

 the mortar ; and by degrees two pounds 

 of powder, either white or grey, muft 

 be added to it, till the Ambergrife is 

 thoroughly incorporated with the pow- 

 der; then fift through a hair fieve, 

 and mix all the three powders toge- 

 ther. This perfume is to be kept in a 



Leather 



