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Their hammers must be quite even & polished, and if in
some unfortunate case the rust, the or some other use, has
damaged them, they first polish them with emery stone powder,
then they finish burnishing & smoothing with the putty.
Otherwise they would not strike neatly. It is also necessary that the
face of the anvils be the same.


New vine

Being well taken, if you want it to grow strong branches, having
plowed it, put at each foot two handfuls of pigeon
dung.


Colored waters

Distilled urine, distilled vinegar and
eau-de-vie take on a blue and green color from pulverized and
finely ground aes ustum. And this colored water is red
copper in its residue if you distil the aforesaid things through a
filter.


Varnish resistant to water

Flanders varnish, made with turpentine &
oil from this or from mastic, can come off and does not
hold up in the rain. But that made with huile de noix
blanche, as you have done, holds in the rain and is
very clear & beautiful & dries soon. This is why one uses this
one for painted banners & signs that one carries in the
rain.


Fruit made from sugar

One does not paint them with a pinceau like other
s things with moistened color, because the
sugar would melt. But one rubs them with color with the
finger.

