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 stove till they be dry ; where the edges look rough, when it is dry, they must be cut with a pair of scissars,

TAKE a quart of spirit of wine, and put to it eight ounces of feed-cake, shake it half an hour ; next day it will be fit for use, but strain it first ; take lamp-black, and put in your varnish about the thickness of a pancake ; mix it well, but stir it not too fast; then do it eight times over, and let it stand still the next day ; then take some burnt ivory, and oil of turpentine as fine as butter; then mix it with some of your varnish, till you have varnished it fit for polishing ; then polish it with tripola in fine flour ; then lay it on the wood smooth, with one of the brushes ; then let it dry, and do it so eight times at the least : when it is very dry lay on your varnish that is mixed, and when it is dry, polish it with a wet cloth dipped in tripola, and rub it as hard as you would do platters.

TAKE either red, black or white wax, which colour you want to make: to every two ounces of sealing- wax one ounce of spirit of wine, pound the wax fine, then sift it through a fine lawn sieve, till you have made it extremely fine : put it into a large phial with the spirits of wine, shake it, let it stand within the air of the fire forty-eight hours, shaking it often ; then with a little brush rub your baskets all over with it : let it dry, and do it over a second time, and it makes them look very pretty.

TAKE alabaster finely beaten and sierced, and put it into an earthen pipkin, and set it upon a chaffing-dish of coals, and let it boil for some time, stirring it often with a stick first; when it begins to boil, it will be very heavy ; when it is enough, you will find it in the stirring very light; then take it off the tire, lay your lace upon a piece of flannel, and strew your powder upon it; knock it well in with a hard cloth brush : when you think it is enough, brush the powder out with a clean brush. How