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 days longer in digestion; dissolve two pounds of fine sugar in a quart of water, add to it the tincture, and run it through the filtrating bag.

Take the outer or yellow peels of six citrons; two drachms of mace bruised; a gallon of proof spirit and two quarts of water: draw off with a gentle fire till the faints begin to rise, and sweeten with fine sugar.

Take the outer peels of twelve citrons, three quarts of fine proof spirit, and a quart of water; put all into a glass alembic, and distil to a dryness in Balenum Mariæ; filter the water, and put it into bottles well stopped.

Take the essence of cedrat, bergamot, orange, and lemon, of each two drachms; a gallon of rectified spirit, and two quarts of water: put all into a glass alembic, and distil in Balneum Mariæ till the faints begin to rise, when the receiver must be immediately removed.

Take of the seeds of daucus creticus, or candy carrots, two ounces; a gallon of spirit of wine; and two quarts of water: distil in Balneum Mariæ till the faints begin to rise: then add to the spirit drawn over, an ounce of the essence of lemons, and four drops of the essence of gris;