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223. Common Fowder, 



The beil Starch dried is generally xho: 

 balls of all Hair-powders : as are, fome- 

 times, v/orm-eaten or rotten Wood, dried 

 Bones, or Banes calcined to whiteneTs, 

 which are fifced through a fine hair fieve 

 after they have been beaten to powder ' 

 This kind of Powder readily takes any 

 fcent, particularly that of Florentine Orrice,. 

 a root which naturally poiTeiTes a violet 

 fmell. Of thefe Roots, the whiteft and 

 founded are made choice of ^ they are to 

 be powdered as fine as poffibre, and this 

 can only be done during the fummtr. 



224. White Powdery 



Take four pounds of Starch, half a 

 pound of Florentine Orrice - root, fix 

 Cuttle-fifh Bones \ Ox Bones and Sheeps 



Bones 



