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For the liquid varnilh, take raw turpefttine 2 pounds 
camphor 1 pound 
fpirit of turpentine 1 quart 
.Break the camphor into very fmall pieces, and put 
the whole into a glafs veflel open at top, place it on 
a fand heat dll thoroughly warmed, then increale 
the fire gradually till the ingredients are perfeftiy 
diflolved and mixed, which will be done in about 
half an hour. Great care muft be taken that 
the materials do not catch fire : to prevent accidents, 
it would be better (efpecially where the procefs is 
made in the houfe) to place the glafs veflel in another 
of any metal, two thirds filled with cold water, 
which place over a gradual fire till it boils, keep it 
fo, till the ingredients are diflolved and incorporated; 
then take the glafs off and let it ftand to cool, and the 
liquor will be fit for ufe. This varnifli is the only 
liquid which I ufe in making preparations. 
For the dry compound take, viz. 
corrofive fublimate 
! pound 
faltpetre prepared 
\ pound 
alum prepared 
\ pound 
flowers of fulphur 
\ pound 
mufk 
\ pound 
black pepper 
1 pound 
tobacco ground coarfe 
1 pound 
Mix the whole well together, and keep it in a glafs 
veflel, flopped clofe and in a dry place. To prepare 
the alum, place it on an iron plate over a fire, till it 
ceafes boiling and becomes dry and hard ; then take 
it off, and when cool pulverize it, This method 
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