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AITENDIX.

namon,2 drachms; cloves, 2 drachms, and proceed as for

raspherries.

450. Ratafia of Mulberries.

Mulberries, 10 lbs.; brandy, 10 pints; sugar, 4 lbs.;

mace,2 drachms. Proceed as before.

451. Ratafia of Orange-fiowers,

Brandy,3 pints; water, 2 pints; orange-flowers, 1 lb.;

and sugar, 1 lb. Put the whole in a jar well stopped;

place it in a bath, almost boiling hot,for a day; the next

day filter and bottle it.

452. Vespitro.

Brandy,2 pints; anise-seed, 1 ounce; 2 lemons; sugar,

1 lb.; corianders, 2 ounces; fennel, 1 ounce; angelica, 2

drachms. Break up these ingredients, and put tbem in a

jar with 2 pints of brandy ; peel the 2 lemons, which you

must add to the mixture, and squeeze in the juice ; break

the sugar; dissolve it in water, and put it into the jar; let

it stand for a fortnight; then strain it through a flannel

bag; filter and bottle it.

453. Yellow Escubac.

1 ounce of saffron; 1 ounce of Damascus raisins; 1

' ounce of cinnamon; 3 lbs. ofsugar; 1 ounce ofliquorice;

1 ounce of corianders; 3 pints of brandy; 2 pints of

water. Pound these ingredients, and dissolve the sugar

in 2 pints of Avater; put the whole in a jar to infuse for

a monthy taking care to stir it up every second day,or the

third at farthest.