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sugar into the mortar, and proceed as before. The mortar and 

 pestle should be sufficiently hot to make spittle hiss. This powder 

 IS ash grey, which agrees well with every coloured hair. 



Poudre de fiangipane dc nnisquee. Instead of 3ss civette put in 

 only 18 grains, and add 3ss of musk. 



Poudre de frajigipanc parfumee. Mix poudre de chipre with as 

 much plain powder, perfume it with flowers, and then add amber- 

 gris and civette, of each q. p. 



Poudre d'ambrette, Poudre de jasmin 5lb., poudre de roses 

 musquees Jib. ; mix : put some in a sieve, and add 2 drachms ess. 

 of ambergris; mix, sift, break the clots, mix them with more of 

 the powder, and sift the whole several times to mix them well. 



Musk powder. Hair powder 28lb., musk a quarter of an oz. 



^ Species for scenting hair powder. Pulv. irid. Flor. lib., ess. 

 /^"^Derg. 2 oz., ol. neroli 5 j, moschi 9j. 



Parfum pour parfumer les autres poudres. Poudre d'ambrette 

 12lb. ; grind 12 drachms of civette with a little sugar, add to it 

 some of the poudre d'ambrette on the sieve, and sift till you have 

 mixed it with the powder, then get a drachm of musk into the 

 powder by the same means. 



Pate par fume pour chapelets et medailles. Beat up poudre fine 

 a la Mareschalle with muc. of tragac. made with eau de mille- 

 fleurs, then mould it, rubbing the moulds with an essence or huile 

 antique of some flower: this p^te is coffee coloured. — 2. Parfum 

 pour parfumer les autres poudres q. p. beat up with muc. of tra- 

 gacanth. made with orange flower water, adding a thread of ess. of 

 ambergris: this pate is white, but may be coloured red by ver- 

 milion, or yellow by fine yellow ochre. — 8. Poudre de chipre par- 

 fumee, and poudre de frangipane, each an equal quantity beat up 

 with muc. tragac. made with eau de millefleurs : this is grey. — 4. 

 Poudre fine a la Mareschalle and cake of eau d'ange of each an 

 equal quantity beat up with muc. of tragac. made with eau de 

 millefleurs.— J. Poudre de chipre parfumee, poudre de frangi- 

 pane, parfum A parfumer les autres poudres, of each an equal quan- 

 tity, Ix^at up with mucil. tragac. made with orange flower water 

 and a thread of ess. of ambergris: this pate is ash grey. 



French almond f)owder, Pulvis manualis. Amygd. amar. blanched 

 48 oz., far. oryzw 26 oz, pul. rad. Flor., creta* ppie. ana 2 oz., 

 far. fabarum 12 oz., sal. tartari, benz., sperm, ceti, ana 1 oz., ol. 

 lavaod., ol. caryoph. ana gutta- xxx, ol. jasmini per infus. Oj : 

 mix. —2. Amygd. amar. blanched ^xij, benz., irid. Floren., far. 

 oryzae, ana ^j, sal tartan 51], ol. lavand., ol. rhodii, ana gtt. xx ; 

 mix. 



Ro»€ pearls. Rose beads. Beat the petals of the red rose in an 



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