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 they should be rubbed with pollard, and closely covered with paper bags to prevent their being flyblown.

AFTER separating the fat and sinews from the flesh of a leg of mutton, beat it well, in a marble mortar, with pepper, salt, and onion or garlic juice, or sweet herbs, according to your taste. Make the meat, thus prepared, into flat rakes, and keep them closely pressed between two dishes for twelve hours, then fry them with butter, in which they are to be served up.

THE Hon. Jacob Rush of Philadelphia, from some experiments made is of opinion, that dried cod fish, cut into small pieces and put into the earth, will drive away moles from gardens. Take a small round stick of about an inch in diameter, sharpened at the point, and perforate the ground in the roads of the moles; drop in a small piece of fish, and cover the hole with a lump of dirt and your garden will be rid of these mischievous animals.

SPRINKLE the furs or woolen stuffs, as well as the drawers or boxes in which they are kept, with spirits of turpentine; the unpleasant scent of which will speedily evaporate, on exposure of the stuffs to the air. Some persons place sheets of paper, moistened with spirits of turpentine, over, under, or between pieces of cloth, &c. and find it a very effectual method.