o <8 Procrfs of making Altar, or 



water are to be drawn by diftillation, following the fame pro- 

 cefs as before. The rofe-water thus made and cohobated, will 

 be found, if the rofes were good and frefb, and the diftilla- 

 tion carefully performed, highly fecnted with the rofes. It 

 is then poured into pans either of earthen ware or tinned 

 metal, and left expofed to the freih air for the night. The 

 attar, or effence, will be found in the morning congealed, 

 and fwimming on the top of the water ; this is to be care- 

 fully feparated and collected, either with a thin fhell or a 

 ikimmer, and poured into a phial. When a certain quan- 

 tity has thus been obtained, the water and faeces mult be 

 feparated from the clear effence, which, with refpeft to the 

 firft, will not be difficult to do, as the effence congeals with 

 a flight cold, and the water may then be made to run oft. 

 If, after that, the effence is kept fluid by heat, the faeces will 

 fublide, and may be feparated; but if the operation has been 

 neatly performed, thefe will be little or none. The fajecs are 

 as highly perfumed as the effence, and mult be kept. After 

 as much of the effence has been ikimmed from the rofe- 

 water as could be, the remaining water fhould be tiled for 

 frefh diftillationSj inftcad of common water, at lead as far a,~ 

 it will go. 



The above is the whole proeefs of making genuine attar of 

 rofes. But as the rofes of this country give but a very lmall 

 quantity of eilence, and it is in high cfteem, various ways 

 have been thought of to augment the quantity, though at the 

 expence of the quality. In this country, it is ufual to add to 

 the rofes, when put in the ftill, a quantity of fandal-wood 

 rafpings, fame more, fome lefs, (from one to five tolg»hs, or 

 half ounces). The fandal contains a deal of effential oil, 

 which comes over fretly in the common diftillation ; and, 

 mixing with the rofe-water and effence, becomes ftrongly 

 hnpregnated with their perfume: the imposition however, 

 cannot be concealed ; the eftential oil of fandal will not con- 

 geal in common cold, and its fmell cannot be kept under, 



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