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tropical sun in wide shallow vessels, until reduced to 

 a thick consistence, after which it is mixed with ley 

 ashes and made up into balls. In that form it may 

 be kept for years, and is as effective as Castile soap 

 in the process of cleansing linen, while it has a qua- 

 lity which renders it very superior to soap, that of 

 mixing and forming a lather with sea-water. 



