403. TO PRESERVE FRESH MEATS

Meat may be kept for several days in the height of summer sweet and
good by lightly covering it with bran, and hanging it in some high,
or windy room, or in a passage where there is a current of air.


404. GRAFTING WAX

Take of tallow one part, beeswax two parts, and resin four parts;
melt them together and dip strips of rags in the mixture while hot,
and use them for grafting.


405. FOR THE TEETH

Cuvileer's grand preparation for beautifying the teeth. Take of
chloride of lime one part, prepared chalk 15 parts, pulverised
peruvian bark 1/2 a part and a little otto of roses; mix all well
together and it is ready for use.


406. TO MAKE HAIR CURL

Take of common soap 2 lbs., spirits of wine 3 pints, and potash 3
oz.; cut the soap small and melt all together, stirring it with a
clean piece of wood; then add a quarter of an ounce each of essence
of amber, vanilla and nevoli, to render the fluid agreeable. Never
use curling irons, for they destroy the hair, rendering it crisp and