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 of recently made muriate of tin, and when dry to be written on with solution of gold, and then washed with water. The writing, which will become black is not at all affected by washing, and with great difficulty by other agents, and not before the cloth is destroyed.

TAKE four ounces of Nutgalls well pulverized, two ounces of Copperas and two ounces of Gum Arabic and one quart rain water; mix and shake them well and often.

TAKE six ounces of gall nuts and as much Gum Arabic and Copperas. Let them be well pulverized and kept from the air. Put them into three pints of rain water, and one pint of vinegar Shake the ingredients well and keep them warm, and in about seven days your ink will be fit for use.

TAKE a quantity of unslacked lime, mix it with as soft water as you can procure, to the consistency of a very thick whitewash; apply this mixture, with a soft paintbrush to the apple-trees, as soon as it is judged that the sap begins to rise, and wash the stem and large boughs with it, taking care to have it done in dry weather, that it may adhere and withstand rain. In the course of the ensuing summer this will be found to have removed the moss and insects, and given to the bark a fresh green appearance, and the tree will also be perceived to shoot much new and strong wood; at least, it did so in Nova Scotia. "The trial is simple, and can neither be attended with much expense, trou-