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boil it one hour and work it as usual. --

To make Blacking

1 1/2 pints of vinegar, quarter of a pound of
ivory black, wine glass of oil of vitriol
table spoonful sweet oil, 2 table spoonfuls
of honey and a lemon. --
To make Tracing paper

1/2 oz of Canada balsam
2 oz of spirits of wine mixed in a bottle.
Place the bottle into a jug of hot water & then
shake it. Wash the mixture over a piece
of silver paper with a feather of a pen.
a dish Mrs. Berkley
French bouille (alias beef boiled to rags) eaten with
sliced melon & pepper. A. Fountaine