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whole of their perfume to the cotton. The oil may then 

 be pressed out for use : and the cotton itself may be laid 

 in drawers or band-boxes, where its perfume is wished 



f° r - Practical Economy (1822). 



Pomade Divine. 



Clear a pound and a half of beef-marrow from the 

 strings and bone, put it into an earthen pan or vessel of 

 water fresh from the spring, and change the water night 

 and morning for ten days ; then steep it in rose-water 

 twenty- four hours, and drain it in a cloth till quite dry. 

 Take an ounce of each of the following articles, namely 

 storax, gum-benjamin, odoriferous Cypress powder, or of 

 Florence, half an ounce of cinnamon, two drachms of 

 cloves and two drachms of nutmeg, all finely powdered ; 

 mix them with the marrow above prepared ; then put 

 all the ingredients into a pewter pot, that holds three 

 pints ; make a paste of white of egg and flour, and lay it 

 upon a piece of rag. Over that must be another piece of 

 linen to cover the top of the pot very close, that none of 

 the steam may evaporate. Put the pot into a large copper 

 pot with water, observing to keep it steady, that it may 

 not reach to the covering of the pot that holds the 

 marrow. As the water shrinks, add more, boiling hot ; 

 for it must boil four hours without ceasing a moment. 

 Strain the ointment through a linen cloth into small 

 pots, and, when cold, cover them. Do not touch it with 

 anything but silver. It will keep many years. 



A fine pomatum may be made by putting half a pound 

 of fresh marrow, prepared as above, and two ounces of 

 hog's lard, on the ingredients ; and then observing the 

 same process as above. Domestic Cookery (1834). 



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