32p APPENDIX. 



Cordial Balls, and where necessary. 



(RECIPE, No. 192.) 

 Cordial ^alls. 



Take— Caraway seeds, cardemota seeds, and aniseseeds, 



fresh powdered, of each two ounces; 

 Flour of sulphur, and turmeric, in powder, 



of each two ounces ; 

 Saflfron, cut small, two drachms ; 

 Candied sugar, in powder, four ounces ; 

 Oil of olive, two ounces ; 

 Spanish juice, two ounces ; break into small 



pieces, and dissolve it in a glass of mountain 



wine ; 

 Oil of aniseseeds, half an ounce ; 

 Liquorice powder four ounces : 



Mix and beat tbem into a mass for balls, the 

 size of a pigeon's egg. 



Cordial balls are chiefly prepared for hunters 

 and road-horses : they are very proper to give to 

 the former when they return from the chase, and to 

 the latter after a hard day's journey. They give 

 fresh life and vigour to exhausted nature ; pre- 

 vent the horse from taking cold, strengthen the 

 stomach, increase the appetite, and promote di- 

 gestion. They may be given in slight cases pf the 



