Of preparing Honey and Wax. 211 
ing melted it, I pour it into a: bowl or vef- 
fel, { which is wider at the top than at the 
bottom, and {kim off any drofs that may float 
on the top of the wax. After allowing it to 
ftand in fome warm place, that it may cool gra- 
dually, which prevents it from cracking, I take 
out the cake of wax, and pare off all the drofs 
from the under fide, till there be nothing 
left but what is fit for the merchant. The 
fkimmings and parings fhould be kept and 
boiled over again, next time any more wax is 
made, in order to obtain as much wax as_pof- 
fible.. 
{ A veffel made fomething like a flower pot, that is both nar- 
row and deep, anfwers beft for this purpofe: as the good wax 
rifes to the top, and the drofly part is much more eafily feparated 
from it, than when the veffel is broad and fhallow; as in this 
cafe, the cake of wax is thin, and not fo eafily feparated from the 
drofs, when cold. 
Ddz CHAP. 
