A«phaltam, 56 pouwls ; melt, then add litharge, 9 pounds ; red lead, 7
pounds; boil, then add boiled oil, 12 gallons; yeUow resin, 12 pounds.
Again boil, until, on cooling, the mixture may be rolled into pills, then add
spirits of turpentine, 30 gallons ; lamp-black, 7 pounds. Mix welL

Metheglin,
Honey, 2 cwt ; warm water, 40 gallons, or more. Put them into a
cask, let them remain together for twelve hours, then well rummage them,
and add hops, i pound ; yeast, 1 pint Ferment

To drive away Mice.
Strew some of the cynoglossum, or hound's tongue, bruised, about the
parts where they frequent

Microcosmic Salt.
Phosphate of soda, phosphate of ammonia, equal parts. Water suffi-
cittit Dissolve, evaporate, and crystallize. A small excess of ammonia
promotes the crystallization.
Microscopic Cement,
Isinglass, 2 parts ; gum, 1 part ; water, 2 parts. Dissolve, th^i mix in
•Icohol, 1 part

Millejleurs Perfume.
Essence of lemoB» 3 ounces ; essence of ambergris, 4 ounces ; oil of
caraway, 2 ounces $ oil of lavender, 3 ounces. Mix.
French MUk of Roses.
Rose-water, 5 pounds ; tincture of storax and tincture of benzoin, each
.4 ounces ; spirits of roses, i ounce ; rosemary water, 1 pint Mix.
A Substitute for MUk.
Take three eggs and^reak them into a basin, beat them well, then add
hot water (gradually) half a pint, and beat them again until quite smooth.
MUk of Roses.
1. Bitter almonds (blanched) and water, each 8 ounces ; elder-flower
water, 6 ounces ; salt oi tartar, 1 drachm ; tincture of benzoin, 2 drachms.
Mix and strain.
