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Honey Water (Eau de Miel)

Rectified spirit, 8 pints (Imperial); oil of and other spices are prepared by the same cloves, oil of lavender, oil of bergamot, of method. each ounce avoirdupois; musk, 15 grains; 1016. Tincture of Storax. Macerate yellow-sanders shavings, 4 ounces; digest for 5 ounces storax in 3 pints 95° alcohol, until 8 days, and add 2 pints each of orange-flower dissolved, then filter. and rose waters.

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