114 Mr. JeCop to Mr. Ray. 



common Tradition is, that they are a Bafiard Hatvk 

 bred betwixt a, Lanner and a Falcon \ how true I 

 know not. March 14. — 71. 



Mr. JefTop 5 * P^dr. 



My Man WilliamV Way ^making Hard Soap. 



TAKE Wood-Alhes, and Afhes of Nettles, or 

 Thirties, (for Fern-Afhes make the Soap foft). 

 as much as you pleafe : Put unto them a third Part 

 of Lime ; make a Hole in the Afhes, . and lay the 

 Lime in the middle of the Afhes, and quench it with 

 Water, or fmall Ley y then cover it with the Allies 

 that lie round it clofe, fo let it lie for half a Quar- 

 ter of an Hour, or thereabouts, till you think the 

 Lime be fallen. With a Shovel mix them well toge- 

 ther, having your Fat, or Tub, ready, for fear they 

 lofe their Virtue. Let your Fat, or Tub, have a 

 Hole in the Bottom ; cover it with a Slate-Stone, or 

 Board, laid upon other little Stones, which may keep 

 it about an Inch from the Bottom of the Tub : And 

 over the Slate-Stone, or Board, lay Straw, to keep 

 the Allies from the Hole. Fill the Tub almoft full 

 "with the Afhes and Lime rnix'd as above, and prefs 

 them down pretty hard - y lay a Wifp of Straw on the 

 Top of the Allies in the Middle of the Fat, to keep 

 the Water from making a Hole : Pour on a little 

 Water upon the Wifp at firft, fo as it may fpread in the 

 Alhes about a Hand Breadth about the Wifp ; then 

 pour on more than at the fir ft, as fbon as the firft is 

 drunk up by the Afhes. And at the next time you 

 may pour fo much as will fpread over all the Tub; 

 And if it take that without breaking the Afhes, you 

 may pour on more. If that Ley which comes thro* 

 the Hole into your Receiver at the firlt be not clear, 



put 



