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mess. A wide space in front of the ingle shows a 

 dark patch of briny moisture ; footmarks of the same 

 are thick in the neighbourhood of the site of the 

 heap, and some small tracks further afield show where 

 little feet have made more distant excursions ; but 

 it is growing dark, and we must leave it and wipe 

 our shoes and go in to tea, and there will be a 

 half-day's work for the charwoman to-morrow. 



The foregoing description answers my friends' 

 questions as to how / make Pot-pourri ; but it does 

 not follow that they may not make it in different 

 and better ways, according to the degree of personal 

 intelligence and ingenuity that they may bring to 

 bear on the material they have at disposal. 



I have always noted any Pot-pourri recipes that 

 came in my way, and as the practice that suits my 

 own conditions was evolved from them I will give 

 them as they stand, only adding such critical or 

 explanatory remarks as seem desirable. 



" Pot-po2irri (Mrs. F. M.). Put alternate layers of 

 Rose leaves and bay salt in any quantity you please, 

 in an earthen pot. Press down with a plate and 

 pour off the liquor that will be produced every day 

 for six weeks, taking care to press as dry as possible. 

 Let the mass be broken up, and add the following 

 ingredients, well pounded and mixed together : — Nut- 

 meg \ oz., Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon, Gum Benzoin, 

 Orris-root sliced, 1 oz. each. Mix well with a wooden 

 spoon." 



