Ointments. 501 



Soft: pomatum. Suet 91b. 8 oz., lard 9lb. 4 oz., bees' wax, ben- 

 jamin powdered, scent, of each 8 oz. 



Soft Mareschal pomatum. Lard lllb. 8 oz., suet 12lb., bees' 

 wax 61b., scent 10 oz., Mareschal powder 12 oz. 



French pommade. Wash pigs' flare in water, changed every 

 three hours for four days, the last two days squeeze it with a spoon 

 when you change the water ; drain it well, melt it in a water bath, 

 pour it into a basin of water, stir it together till cold, then beat it 

 up to separate the water. — 2. Pommade 4 oz., white wax, sperma 

 ceti, of each half an oz., oil of almonds 2 oz. 



Pommade auxjleurs. Spread pommade as thick as a finger on 

 two pewter plates, cover one with flowers, and then turn the other 

 plate upon it that the flowers may not be squeezed ; leave them 

 twelve or twenty-four hours, adding fresh flowers until your pom- 

 made is sufficiently scented. It is only pommade de jasmin, 

 flours d'orange, and tubereuse, that can be made in this manner, 

 other flowers are not sufficiently strong to scent the pommade. 



Pommade pour rafraichir le teint et oter les rongeurs du visage, 

 Pommade lb. ss, rennet apples no. 2, cut in pieces without peeling, 

 four cold seeds 1 oz. ; melt; add oil of almonds 1 oz., strain into 

 spring water, when cold beat out the water. 



USED IN THE ARTS. 



Oil colours in bottles. Prepared with the spermaceti mixture like 

 oil colour cakes, but the proportion of oil is larger. 



Fish oil paints. The oil for grinding white is made by putting 

 litharge and white vitriol of each 12lb., into vinegar 32 gallons, 

 adding, after some time, a ton of whale, seal, or cod oil ; tne next 

 day the clear part is poured off*, and linseed oil 12 gallons, oil of 

 turpentine 2 gallons, are added. — The sediment, left when the 

 clear oil is poured off", mixed with half its quantity of lime water, 

 is al.so used under the name of prepared residue oil for common 

 colours. 



Pale green. Lime water 6 gall., whiting and road dust, of each 

 1 cwt., olue black 3011)., yellow ochre 24lb., wet blue previously 

 ground in prepared residue oil 20lb. ; thin with ppd. residue oil 

 1 quart to eacn 8lb., and the same quantity of linseed oil. 



Bright green. Yellow ochre 1 cwt., road dust If cwt., wet blue 

 1 cwt., blue black lOlb., lime water 6 gall., ppd. fish oil 4 gall., 

 ppd. residue oil and linseed oil, of each 7i gall. 



Lead colour. Whiting 1 cwt., blue black 5lb., white lead 

 ground in oil 28lb., road dust 561b., lime water 5 gall., ppd. resi- 

 due oil 2i galL 



