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334 height; dip in the cherries, and hang them to dry with the cherries downwards. Dry them before the fire, or in the sun. Then take the plumbs, after boiling them in a thin syrup, peel off the skin and candy them, and so hang them up to dry.

TAKE sorrel, bruise it well in a mortar, squeeze it through a cloth, bottle it and keep it for use. Take a little of the above juice, in a silver or tin sauce-pan, boil it over a lamp, as it boils dip in the ironmold, don't rub it, but only squeeze it. As soon as the ironmold is out, throw it into cold water.

TO a gallon of vinegar one pound of garlick, and three quarters of a pound of long pepper, a pint of mustard feed, one pound of ginger, and two ounces of turmerick; the garlick must be laid in salt three days, then wip'd clean and dry'd in the sun; the long pepper broke, and the mustard feed bruised: mix all together in the vinegar, then take two large hard cabbages, and two cauliflowers, cut them in quarters, and salt them well, let them lie three days, and dry them well in the sun.

N. B. The ginger must lie twenty four hours to salt and water, then cut small and laid in salt three days.

TAKE the largest flaps of mushrooms, wipe them dry, but don't peel them, break them to pieces, and salt them very well; let them stand so in an earthen pan for nine days, stirring them once or twice a day, then put them into a jug close stopp'd set into water over a fire for three hours; then strain it through a sieve, and to every quart of the juice put a pint of strong stale mummy beer, not bitter, a quarter of a pound of anchovies, a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same of cloves, half an ounce of pepper, a race of ginger, half a pound of shalots: then boil them altogether over a slow fire till half the liquor is wasted, keeping the pot close covered; then drain it through a flannel bag. If the anchovies don't make it salt enough, add a little salt.

MAKE an issue in the dewlap, put in a peg of black hellebore, and rub all the vents both behind and before with tar. S-