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its parts, and the Ingredients will feperate from 

 it. The alum will diflblve in the water, an<^. may 

 be extrailed from it in the ufual way. The jalap, 

 if any have been ufed, will fwim upon the top in 

 a coarfe film., and the other ingredients, being 

 heavy, will fink to the bottom. This is che befl 

 and moft regular method of finding the deceit ; 

 but as cucurbits, and fand furnaces, are not at 

 hand in private families, there is a more familiar 

 method. 



" Let the crum of a loaf be diced as before 

 direfted, and put it, with a great deal of water, 

 into a large earthen pipkin. Let this be fet over 

 a very gentle fire, and kept a long time mode- 

 rately hot ; and the pap being poured off, the 

 bone afhes, or other ingredients, will be found at 

 :he bottom.'* 



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