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Fine Hungary Water

Take 2 som); pound sage (fresh); rectified spirit, 3 Imperial quarts; water, 1 quart; digest for 10 days, throw the whole into a still, add 1 988. Eau des Carmes; Eau de Me- pounds common salt, and draw over 6 pints. lisse: Compound Spirit of Balm. Fresh To the distillate add 1 ounce bruised Jamaica ; Compound Spirit of Balm.

Fresh To the distillate add 1 ounce bruised Jamaica flowering balm, 24 ounces; yellow rind of ginger, digest a few days, and either decant lemon, cut fine, 4 ounces; cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg (bruised), of each 2 ounces; coriander seed (bruised), 1 ounce; dried angelica root, 1 ounce; rectified spirit, 1 gallon. Macerate for 4 days, and distill in a waterbath. or filter. The old plan of adding the ginger before distillation is wrong, as the aromatic principle of the root does not pass over with the vapor of alcohol.

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