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u each wing (u) it may be difpofed of as you 

 cc pleafe." 



Inftead of ufing the folution of camphor in 

 fpirit of wine, Kuckahn reccommends a liquid 

 varnifh, made of two pounds of common or raw 

 turpentine, one pound of camphor, and one 

 pound of fpirit of turpentine. The camphor is 

 to be broke into very fmall pieces, and the 

 whole is to be put into a glafc veffel, open at 

 top, which is to be placed in a fand heat, till the 

 ingredients are perfectly dilfolved. 



For the dry compound of cinnamon, burnt 

 alum, and camphor, directed in the foregoing 

 method, he fubftitutes the two following com- 

 pofitions. 



Corrofive fublimate, — — • | lb. 

 Saltpetre prepared or burnt, — ^ lb. 

 Alum burnt, — — \ lb. 



Flowers of fulphur, — — * lb. 

 Mufk (x) t — — — I lb. 

 Black pepper, — — 1 lb. 

 Tobacco ground coarfe. — 1 lb. 



fu) The late Mr. Leman, who was remarkable for the eafy 

 attitude of his birds, pafled a wir^ fideways throug b one wing 

 into the breaft-bone, the other end of the wire being fattened in- 

 to the box inclofing the bird. 



fx) The mufk renders this compofition very expenfive 

 for which the fame quantity of camphor or myrrh might be fub- 

 ftituted* 



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