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1 08. quantity of the leaves of the dog rofe, and the 

 CHEESE. like quantity of bramble leaves ; boil them in 



a gallon of water, with three or four handfulls 

 of fait, about a quarter of an hour ; ftrain off 

 the liquor, and, having let it ftand until per- 

 fectly cool, put it into an earthen vcffel, and 

 add to it the maw, prepared as above. To this 

 is added a found good lemon, fluck round with 

 about a quarter of an ounce of cloves ; which 

 give the rennet an agreeable flavor. 



The longer the bag remains ia the liquor, 

 the ftronger of courfe will be the rennet : the 

 quantity, therefore, requifrte to turn a given 

 quantity of milk, can only be afcertained by 

 daily ufe and obfervation. 



When the rennet is fufficiently ftrong take 

 out the bag ; hang it up two or three days for 

 the rennet to drain from it ; refalt it; put it 

 down again into the jar; and thus continue to 

 treat it, until its virtues are exhaufted ; which 

 will not be until it has been uled fevcral times. 



By differing one or more bags to remain in 

 the liquor, the rennet thus prepared may be 

 raifed to a very high degree of ftrcngth, as 

 will appear in the following obfervations. 



The leaves and the fpice, it is probable, 

 have no other effort than that of doing away 



the 



