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.A.
TREATISE ON
Take 2 lbs.
go.odold juniper berries, digest the
same in one gallon high-proof spirits for a week or
ten days; then express the liquor and filter through
blotting paper ; add the liquor
to
the 40 ge.llons of
spirits
as
above, and mix thoroughly.
FORMULA
No.
2.~Gin.
To 40 galls. pure spirits, 2 to 4 o. p., add:
5
do. gin as before.
Take
2
lbs. juniper berries,
i
oz. sweet fennel seed,
2
oz. spirits of nitre,
1
lb. loaf-sugar,
l
gallon high proof spirits;
mix
thoroughly,
let it stand one week, then filter, and add
as
in For–
mula
No
1.
Foo:uu
No.
8.-om.
To 40 galls. pure spirits add :
S do. gin.
Take
l
gill pure oil turpentine,*
l
oz. oil juniper,
9 each, lemons and oranges sliced,
1 lb. loaf-sugar.
Put these ingredients in
i
a gallon high-proof spi-
• The oil ofturpentine for this
use,
should
be
of the best
quality,
and
notthat usually vended for painting, which
contains~
and
fl.xed
oil&
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