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 of art. Some put hole armoniack into this receipt, a cold thing, and spoils the whole composition, and so leaves our hamitatis and liquid storax; but let them beware how they use it.

How to walk on a Hot Iron Bar, without Danger of Scalding or Burning.

Take half an ounce of camphor, disolve it in two ounces of aequavit, add to it one ouneeounce [sic] of quiekquick [sic]-silver, one ouneeounce [sic] of liquid storax, which is the dropings of myrrh, and hinders the eamphirecamphire [sic] from firing; take also two ouneesounces [sic] of hamitatis, a red stone to be had at the druggists, and when you buy it, beat it to powder in their great mortar, for it is so very hard, that it eannotcannot [sic] be done in a small one; put this to the afore-mentioned composition, and when you intend to walk on the bar, you must anoint your feet well therewith, and you may walk over without danger.—By this you may wash your hands in boiling lead.

How to make a Knife leap out of a Pot.

When you are in company, and intend to make mirth, have a pot full of water standing on a table, then take a pieeepiece [sic] of whale-bone about three inches long, let it be pretty stiff, it will spring the better; take also a new stiff card, and fold it down the middle long-ways, cut a hole through both folds at each end, half an inch or more from the ends; put one end of the whale-bone in at one end of the eardcard [sic], bend it like a bow, then put the other end of the whale-bone into the other end of the eardcard [sic]; set this into the pot, two inches deep in water, than plaeeplace [sic] the handle of your