Chap. XXIII. Of Distilled Spirits* 507

Spiiutus carui. Dub.Spirit of Caraway.Take of

Caraway seeds, bruised, half a pound;Proof-spirit of wine, one gallon;Water, sufficient to prevent cmpyreuma.Draw off" one gallon.

Lond.Take of

Bruised caraway seeds, one pound and a half ;

Proof-spirit, one gallon ;

Water, enough to prevent empyreuma.Macerate for twenty-four hours; and, with a slow heat, distil

one gallon.

In this manner, prepare in the same quantity from

pinirus

Lauri cinnamomi. Ed.Cinnamomi. Lond. Dub.

Mentha piperita. Ed.

Lond.

Mentha viridis. Lond.

Pulegii. Lond.IkivRlSTlCiE. Lond.Myristic^j aio'chat^;,Ndcis mosciiat/e. Dub

MYRTI P1MENTJE. Ed.

Pimento. Dub.Pimento. Lond.Rosmarini. Lond.Anisi. Lond.

Ed. Ini

Y

> Cinnamon, bruised, one pound.

Peppermint, dried in flower, one

pound and a half.Peppermint dried, one pound anda half.f Spearmint, dried, one pound and\ a half.

i Pennyroyal, dried, one pound and\ a halt:

'utmeg, bruised, two ounces.

Pimento, bruised, half a pound.

three ounces.

two ounces.Rosemary tops, fresh, two pounds.Aniseed, bruised, half a pound.

Ed.

SpIRITUS LAVANDULAE SPIC^.

Spirit of Lavender.Take of

Flowering spikes of lavender, fresh, two pounds;

Alcohol, eight pounds.Draw off, in a water-bath, seven pounds.