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case, also, it is to be noticed, that one-half of the perfumes prescribedfor the best ambergris balls will be sufficient; and likewise that rosewater may be used instead of honey water. In every other particu-lar, the previous directions are to be strictly followed.

Bologna Wash Balls. Take foxx of very old and brown Castile soap ;shave or scrape it very thin, and place it in the air to dry; then addto it ttiij of the second remains from honey water, in fine powder,Ibss of cassia wood, fcjss of labdanum, both finely powdered. Mixthe soap and powders well together, and wet them with about a pintand a half of rose water, and a pint of muddy liquid remains of honeywater. Now beat the whole well two or three times, at intervals ofa few days, to let the paste become quite mellow; and then make upthe mass, when stiff, into round balls, and dry them in the shade asabove directed. The colour of these wash>balls will be either lightbrown, or nearly black ; or will possess the different shades of each,according to the colour of the ingredients used.

Best Marbled Balls. Take ftx of the best Genoa, or rather, of oil-soap, made in England, and ftx of Joppa soap of the whitest sort.Cut the whole into small square and triangular pieces, which set todry for two or three days; the oil-soap, particularly, must be thusdried. Then shave, or scrape, very finely, ftv of oil-soap, which dryfor about one day in the open air, and then mix it well in theshaving-box with ftv of powder, and Jjss of the best and finest ver-milion. In mixing, it will be necessary to place the pieces of soap,and the coloured powder, in layers in the box, making in all fouralternate layers of each, beginning with coloured powder, and endingwith the square and triangular pieces of soap.

When a layer of each has been placed in the box or trough, a pint ofrose water is to be sprinkled over the upper one, namely, the cutsoap ; for, if it be much combined with the powder, it will cause itto become lumpy and hard, and consequently spoil the wash-ballsmade from it. The same quantity of rose water is likewise to beused for moistening each of the other soap layers, that is, in thewhole, four pints. Now have ready a pint of thin starch, which hasbeen well boiled in half a pint of rain water, and then mixed withhalf a pint of rose water, and distribute it equally among the wholemass; which is now to be well mixed, by turning it over repeatedly,and then to be pressed down close and even, by the hands. If a piecebe now cut out, quite through the trass, the operator will perceivewhether the marbling and colour are sufficiently good; and, if so, hemay proceed immediately to form his wash-balls.

When these wash-balls have been made about two or three days, it willbe time to shave off their rough coats; they are then to be left for