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L AK fliod hath been long praiStisecl in China, and, we conceive, might be prodndive of great advantages, if it could be adopted in this eor.ntry. LAKE, in the imitative arts, signifies a red colour employed by painters, which was originally formed of gu?n- lac. It is at pre- sent prepared chiefly from scarlet rags, cochineal, or Brazil-wood. The best, however, is obtained from the tirst of these articles, in the following manner : First, let a pound of pearl-ash be idis'-O'Vtd in two quarts yf water, and the solution be filtrecl through paper, A pound of clean scarlet shreds, and two quarts of water, are next to be added to liie liquor, and the wiiole boiled till the rags are perfedlv divested of their tinge ; when they are to be taken out and pressed. Three additional pounds of shreds are now to be boiled in the same solution; and, jduring tliis process, a pound and a half of the bone of cuttle-fish are to be dissolved in one pound of aqua-furtis. This liquid is next to be combined with the former solu- tion 5 and the whole, on being suf- fered to subside, will deposit a se- diment, which forms what is called -/ake. The liquor is then to be strained, and the sediment mixed four or five times, successively, in two gallons of spring water, till all saline particles are extracted ; lastly, it is to be drained, and drD])ped through a funnel on clean . boards, when the lake will assume the torm of cones or pyramids, in which it must be suttered to diy, and the preparation will be jit fur use. For a more simple method of preparing different lakeg, or pig- L AM [59 mcnts, the reader will consult p. 38 of our 2d volume. Lake - weed. See Water- PEPPEl?. LAMB, the young of a sheep ; which, if a male, is during the tirst year, called a ivedder, or wether' hog ; and if a female, a sheave. The most proper time for ewes ■ to lamb, is from the latter end of April to tb.e beginning of June ; and, in the cimrse of lO" or 18 weeks, the young anim.alsmay be taken from their dams : they are, however, very tender, and require the greatest attention, especially during snowy weather, when they not unfrequently perish fiom want of fresh grass, and their aversion to eat hay. In order to remedy this inconvenience, it has been re- commended to turn a tew old sheeu that are generally fond of hay, among the lambs, which will til us be speedily induced to follow their example. Lambs are subject to few disor- ders : — when they are sick, the drinking of mare's or goat's milk, dihited with warm water, will greatly tend to preserve them from taking cold ; and as many, when yeaned, are apparently dead, it is advisable to blow into the mouth and nostrils ; by which simple me- thod numbers have been imme- diately restored. I'lie moit fatal distemper, how- ever, with vhi( h lambs are aifed- ed, is the i/ood or red-iraler. I'he disordered animals are, in general, seized with lameness, and a slig'it swelling of the joints, but which is attended with a violent intiam- mation, t';at spreads over the whole body, and, if neglefted, proves fatal iu the course oi 24 hours. The