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and ftave out the heads of them, and 

 put in them almoft whatever comes in 

 your way, as bones of all forts of ani- 

 mals, feathers, fhreds of leather, old 

 gloves, old fhocs, hoofs of horfes and 

 other beafts j in a word, any thing that 

 abounds in fait, break the bones, and 

 cut the reft in pieces. In the firft cask 

 put whatever will fooneft infufe, that 

 is to fay, the fofteft ; in the fecond, 

 thofe that are not fo foft ; and in the 

 third, the hardeft fubftance of all 5 then fill 

 up all three with rain or river water 5 the 

 water of pools or ponds, I recommend 

 next 5 but well-water laft of all. What 

 is in the firft cask, ftiould be infus'd four 

 days, the fecond fix days, and third 

 eight days, that each of them may have 

 their proper aliment extraded from them.' 

 After this infufion, feparate the water 

 from the fubftance. In the next place, 

 take as many pounds of faltpeter as you 

 have acres of land 5 for each acre, or 

 barrel of water, dilTolve a pound of 

 fait in twelve pints of water that drains 

 from the dunghill 5 and when the falt- 

 peter is quite melted, throw in an equal 

 quantity of the water out of each cask, 

 and the corn being covered five or fix 

 z inches 



