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MACE
OR
NUTMEGS.
77
ports.
They
are
globular,
more
or
less
shrivelled,
about
as
large
as
a
pea,
covered
with
a
glaucous
bloom,
beneath
which
they
are
of
a
shining,
blackish
purple
color,
and
containing
a
brownish
yellow
pulp
and
three
angular
seeds.
The
berries
impart
their
substance
to
water
and
alcohol
arid
are
used
in
the
preparation
of
gin.
MACE
OB
NUTMEGS.
The
small
and
round nutmegs
are
preferred
to
those
which
are
large
and
oval.
They
should
be
rejected
when
very
light,
with
a
feeble
taste
and
smell,
worm-eaten,
musty,
or
marked
with
black
veins,
or
feel
light,
deficient
in
weight.
An
artificial
oil
of
mace
is
sometimes
substituted
for
the
genuine.
It
is
made
by
mixing
together
various
fatty
matters,
such
as
suet,
castor
oil,
sper-
maceti,
wax,
tallow,
&c.,
adding
some
coloring
sub-
stance,
and
flavoring
the
mass
with
the
volatile
oil
of
nutmeg.
The
various
formulas
throughout
thia
work,
will
show
the
great
utility
nutmegs
are
to
the
manufacturer.
Orange
Peel.
A
tincture
is
prepared
from
this
peel,
with
clean
spirit,
that
possesses
all
the
substance
of
the
oil.
For
convenience
a
small
bag,
containing
the
peel,
is
suspended
in
those
liquors
where
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