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add a quarter of a pint of oil of sweet almonds, shake it very well together, put a little of it into a cup, warm it blood warm, rub it well on your head, and comb it dry.

A powder for the heart-burn.

TAKE white chalk six ounces; eyes and claws of crabs, of each an ounce; oil of nutmeg six drops; make them into a fine powder, About a dram of this in a glass of cold water is an infallible cure for the heart-burn.

A fine lip salve.

TAKE two ounces of virgin's wax, two ounces of hog's lard, half an ounce of spermaceti, one ounce of oil fo sweet-almonds, two drams of balsam of Peru, two drams of alkanet root cut small, six new raisins shred small, a little fine sugar, simmer them all together a little while; then strain it of into little pots. It is the finest lip salve in the world.

To make Carolina snow balls.

TAKE half a pound of rice, wash it clean, divide it into six parts; take six apples, pare them and scoop out the core, in which place put a little lemon-peel shred very fine; then have ready some thin cloths to tie the balls in: put the rice in the cloth, and lay the apple on it, tie them up close: put them into cold water, and when the water boils, they will take an hour and a quarter boiling: be very careful how you turn them into the dish, that you don't break the rice, and they will look as white as snow, and make a very pretty dish. The sauce is, to this quantity, a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, melted thick, a glass of white wine, a little nutmeg and beaten cinnamon, made very sweet with sugar: boil all up together, and pour it into a bason, and send to table.

A Carolina rice pudding.

TAKE half a pound of rice, wash it clean, put it into a sauce-pan, with a quart of milk, keep it stirring till it is very thick: take great care it don't burn; then turn it into a pan, and grate some nutmeg into it, and two teaspoonfuls of beaten cinnamon, a little lemon-peel shred fine, six apples, pared and chopped small: mix all together with the yolks of three eggs, and