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utes after 4 o'clock, with 220^ Ibs. of pine-wood, which 

 was in full flame 15 minutes after 5 o'clock. At 8 

 minutes after 8 o'clock, 51 Ibs. more of wood were 

 added; 12 minutes after 11 o'clock, 32 Ibs. more were 

 put into the oven; 51 Ibs. at i o'clock, and 12 Ibs. more 

 at 30 minutes after 2 o'clock: so that 366 Ibs. 16 loths 

 of wood were used for the first heating. 



SECOND BATCH. 



At 20 minutes after 1 1 o'clock, the proper quantity 

 of leaven was mixed with the meal, and 44 quarts, or 

 79 Ibs. 25 loths, of water added to it. At 10 minutes 

 after 3 o'clock, the meal was prepared for kneading, by 

 adding to it 52 quarts, or 93 Ibs. 27 loths, of water. 



At 30 minutes after 5 o'clock, the kneading of the 

 dough was begun, 2\ Ibs. of salt having been previ- 

 ously added. At 1 5 minutes after 6 o'clock, the dough 

 was kneaded a second time, and formed into 186 loaves, 

 which were put into the oven at 15 minutes after 

 7 o'clock, and taken out again 9 minutes after 8 o'clock, 

 when 25 loaves being immediately weighed were found 

 to weigh 55 Ibs. 4 loths. Water used in making the 

 second dough 1 73 Ibs. 8 loths. 



Second Heating of the Oven. This was begun 20 

 minutes after 4 o'clock in the morning, with 54^ Ibs. of 

 wood; 20 Ibs. were added 10 minutes after 5 o'clock, 

 and 60 Ibs. more 6 minutes after 6 o'clock : so that the 

 second heating of the oven required 134 Ibs. 16 loths of 



wood. 



THIRD BATCH. 



At 20 minutes after 3 o'clock, the proper quantity 

 of leaven was mixed with the meal, and 48 quarts, or 

 86 Ibs. 20 loths, of water were put to it. 



