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Fly Poison
Boil ounce small chips of quassia in 1 pint water; add 4 ounces molasses. Flies drink this with avidity, and are soon destroyed by it.
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Boil ounce small chips of quassia in 1 pint water; add 4 ounces molasses. Flies drink this with avidity, and are soon destroyed by it.