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Malliorca d'Espagne (Charge of which will give)

Charge of which will give 26 gallons. Add 12 gallons alcohol, 18 pounds green anise seed, 5 gallons 82 per cent. spirit, 7 gallons coloring (as given river water. Put into the water-bath only 20 below), 90 gallons syrup 31° Baumé. 800. Coloring for Curaçoa. 3½ pounds Brazil wood; 12 pounds each Campeachy and yellow wood, 7 gallons 90 per cent. alcohol.

Mix the above and heat in a water-bath, putting on the head. When the head begins to get hot, rake out the fire and let the whole cool together in the bath. ter. When 18 gallons are distilled off, add gallons of the alcohol, and 5 gallons river wathe remaining 20 gallons of alcohol, and continue the distillation until 18 gallons more are obtained, which mix with the 18 gallons previously obtained, and add one drachm of ether to give it age. 806. Elixir Vegetal de la Grande

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