Water, 30 gallons ; honey, 2 gallons ; red currants (bruised), 10 pounds ;
sugar, 15 pounds; red tartar, .2 ounces. Mix, and allow it to ferment, then
rack it into a clean cask. If it does not appear disposed to ferment, add a
little yeast

Currie Powder,

1. Coriander seeds, 20 parts ; black pepper, 3 parts ; cayenne, 1 part ;
turmeric, 6 parts ; cumin seeds, 6 parts. Reduce to powder and well mix.
2. Corianders, 7 pounds ; turmeric, 7 pounds ; black pepper, 2 pounds ^
mustard, 2 pounds; ginger, 2 pounds; cardamons, 1 pound; cayenne,
9 ounces ; cassia, 9 ounces ; cumin seeds, 9 ounces. >f ix.
Cyanide qf Silver,
Nitrate of silvear, 18 drachms ; dilute hydrocyanic acid, 1 pint ; distilled
water, 1 pint Dissolve the nitrate in the water, then add the acid ; wash
the precipitate and dry.
British Cypms Wine,
Soft water, 50 gallons ; elder juice, 50 gallons ; raw sugar, 120 pounds ;
cloves (bruised), ^ ounce ; ginger, 1 ounce. Boil and ferment, then rack
it into a cask with three gallons of spirit, three pounds of raisins (bruised),
and one quart of finings. Observe not to crack the stones in the berries
in squeezing out the juice.
Daffy's Elixir,

1. Small senna (waEte), 8 parts ; bruised jalap, 1 part; bruised rhubaib,
I part; coriander seed, 1 part; ginger, 1 part; treacle, 12 parts; proof
sprit (common), 96 parts. Digest with moderate heat

2. Waste senna, ^ cwt; common rhubarb, i cwt; common jalap, 14
pounds ; caraways, 14 pounds ; aniseed, 14 pounds ; treacle, 4 cwt ; red
Sanders, 7 pounds ; spirit from tincture bottoms, 140 gallons. Keduce the
rhubarb^ dtc, to coarse powder and digest for twenty-one days.
