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Mix 20 parts of storax limpid fluid distills, which becomes, when into a retort with water, and apply heat. A heated to a certain point, a transparent solid. bisulphuret of iron, and 1 part well dried 4316. Turpentine. An oleo-resin flowcharcoal; or transmit the vapor of sulphur ing from the trunk, after removing the bark over fragments of charcoal heated to redness of the pitch or swamp pine. It is viscid, in a porcelain tube. In either case the result- transparent, and of the consistence of honey. ing compound should be carried off as soon as

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