

8 2 ^ The Ufeful Family Herbal 



Part ufed m Medicine : This is an excellent Sto- 

 machic, and of a very pleafant Flavour. The 

 Barbadces Water owes its Tafte to the Peel of this 

 Fruit j and there is a Way of making a Water 

 very nearly equal to it in England, by the Addi- 

 tion of Spice to the frefh Peels of good Lemons -, 

 the Method is as follows. 



Put into a fmall Still a Gallon of fine Melafles 

 Spirit, put to it fix Ounces of the Peels of very 

 fine Lemons, and half an Ounce of Nutmegs, and 

 one Dram of Cinnamon bruifed, let them ftand all 

 Night, then add two Qiiartg* of Water, and 

 fallen on the Head ; diftil five Pints and a half, 

 and add to this a Qiiart and half a Pint of Water, 

 with five Ounces of the finefl: Sugar diflblved in 

 it. This will be very nearly equal to the fineft 

 Barhadoes Water. 



The CiTR ULL. 

 GITRULLUS. 



J^ Creeping Plant of the Melon kind, culdvated 



many Pans of Europe and the Eaft. The 



Branche 



long, thick, an- 



gular, 'flefliy, and hairy : They trail upon 

 Ground unlefs fupported. The Leaves are large, 

 and ftand fingly on long Foot-Stalks, they are di- 

 vided deeply into five Parts, and are hairy alfo 

 and of a pale green Colour ; the 

 and yellow, and very like thofe of our Cucumber's 

 the Fruit is alfo like the Melon, and Cucumber 

 kinds, roundiih, often flatted and compofed of a 

 fielhy Part under a thick Rind, with Seeds and 

 Juice within. 



The Seeds are the only Part ufed, our Drug- 

 gifts keep them ; they are cooling, and they work 

 by Urine gently, they are beft given in Form of 



Emulfion, beat up with Barley-^'^ 



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