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254. Seraglio WaJh-laUs. 



Take a pound of Florentine Orrice- 

 roots, a quarter of a pound of Gum Ben- 

 jamin, two ounces of Storax, two ounces 

 of Yellow Sanders, half an ounce of Cloves, 

 a drachm of Cinnamon, a little Lemon- 

 peel, an ounce of St. Lucia Wood, and 

 one Nutmeg. Reduce the whole to fine 

 powder ; then take about two pounds of 

 White Soap fhavcd thin, ftecp it with 

 the above Powder in three pints of 

 Brandy, four or five days. Afterwards 

 kneading the mafs with a fuliicient quan- 

 tity of Starch, and adding to it the Whites 

 of Eggs, with Gum Tragacanth difTolved 

 in fome odoriferous Water, form the 

 Fade into Wafh-balls of what fize you 

 pleafe. A few grains of Mufk or Civet, 

 or a little Eflfential Oil of Lavender, 

 Bcrgamot, Rofcs, Cloves, Clove - july- 



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