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156 KECIPES FOR TEN GALLONS EACH. '

spirit, then add 40 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 3f gallons of

■water. Filter. (See No. 3.)

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187. Eau de Vie de Danzig.

1lb. of eaeao, roasted.

^ do. Ceylon ciunamon.

^ do. mace.

13 lemons, the yeUow rinds only.

Ground and cut; macerate for 24 hours with 3| gallons

of alcohol, 95 per-cent., and 4 gallons of water (see No. 5);

distil from off the water 8f gallons of flavored spirit; mix

it -with 40 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 3J gallons of water;

filter; color yellow,mixed with gold leaves. (See Nos. 91

and 181.)

188. Eati de Vie de Lang-nedoc.

4 ounces of pearl-barley boiled for 2'hours in 4 gallons

of water; add 1 ounce of linden flowers, 1 ounce of alder

flowers, A an ounce of black tea; boil only for 2 minutes;

add to this 5f gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent.; add the fol

lowing, made into a tincture: 15 grains of crude cassi.a, 30

grains of Turkey rhubarb, f of a grain of aloe socotrin,

A an ounce of oak bark; macerate for 48 hours in 3 pints

of alcohol (see No. 5); color pale or dark yellow. (See

No. 91.)

189. Elixir de G-anis.

10 drachms of myrrh.

10

do.

aloes.

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15

do.

cloves.

15

do.

nutmegs.

5 ounces of Spanish safl!i-on.

3A

do. Ceylon cinnamon.

Ground and cut; macerate for 8 days with 3f gallons of

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