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 it will be fit to eat. The spinach, besides improving the flavour and correcting the bitterness of the sage, will give it a much finer colour than can be obtained from sage alone.

TAKE a little fresh lime juice, loaf sugar, and rum or brandy, (the latter is best) Put them into a vessel, pour on them boiling water, and give a spoonful as hot as possible after each turn of puking.

1. Avoid drinking whilst you are warm; or

2. Drink only a small quantity at once, and let it remain only a short time in your mouth before you swallow it; or

3. Wash your hands and face and rinse your mouth with cold water before you drink. If these precautions have been neglected, and the disorder incident to drinking cold water has been produced, the first, and in most instances, the only remedy to be administered is sixty drops of liquid laudanum, in spirit and water, or warm drink of any kind.

When laudanum cannot be obtained, rum and water should be given. Vomits and bleeding should not be used without consulting a physician.

BEAT eight ounces of butter, and mix with two well beaten eggs, eight ounces of dried flour, and the same of lump sugar, and a grated rind of lemon peel.