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100 spoiled pan. In this state, much trouble and expence, to an inexperienced boiler, is the consequence, before such soap can again be brought right. By attending, however, to the rules already laid down, circumstances such as this will seldom happen. For the benefit and instruction of the reader, a case of the kind which once occurred to the certain knowledge of the author, may here be inserted, together with its unfortunate issue.

Indeed, instances of what are called spoiled pans of soap, or, soap, from inexperience, in the course of making, converted into an uncommon mass, so as to baffle the utmost skill of the manufacturer to redeem, or set to rights again, have frequently happened; though, with the experienced and well-informed soap-maker, such disasterous failures will seldom or never occur, the causes to him being evident. To illustrate these