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eats by itself. And to entice it better, you could add amongst the
meat & the egg some live mealworms, for it is
very fond of them.


Crocum ferri

It is excellent plastered on wounds to stop the
blood. The best is made of needle filings.

Crocum ferri hardens molds, being reheated,
& alum de plum, as much as there is some, renders them softer
& doulx.


Anatomy

 One needs to skin the animal & boil it, or else skin it &
put it into good quicklime.


Making silver run

If it is for a large work, arsenic & pulverized
tartar & thrown on the melted silver, makes it run
If it is and it suffices. But for fine work, one needs
aes ustum, small filings of
lattenofcopper, ue antimony, sublimate, finely pulverized.
ThisAll of this makes a mass that does not sour
at all. If the splaster is good, one ought
not add crocum for silver, but one puts more
alum de plume.@ It needs also some melted common
salt, & some saltpeter with the aforementioned drugs:
arsenic, tartar, aes ustum, copper
filings, antimony &
See the second leaf following.



Doubtful
question


A little tallow and arsenic.

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Keeping dry flowers in the same
state all year


Flowers are also kept in their same beauty in distilled vinegarv in a well-sealed vase which does not
accept any wind, which should be well sealed with wax &
mastic. Carnations & roses, the residue
of common vinegar makes them rot. If the sand makes
dust, & clings to the flowers, & is not easily removed
with a pinceau, it is no good. The leanest is the
best.

River sand washed by the current of the
waters, is good once passed through a linen cloth
to shake the powder.

This is a rare secret, & which gives pleasure for adorning
tables, rooms, & cabinetsout of season
when winter denies flowers. Take heed, therefore, to
ce pick them when they are in full vigor &
growing. For if you were to take them when their season
is past, or when they are starting to wilt, they would not keep.
Having thus chosen them, therefore, take sand, the leanest &
driest you can find, which should be very fine, like that which
goldsmithsuseuse to work
enamel, or like that for impressions. But above all it must not
make dust, nor remain on the hand or leave a mark on it
when you have pulverized it & then poured it from your
hand. For it is

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Make sure your box is well joined in order that the sand
does not trickle out. Keep it uncovered in sunlight and
remove it from the serain, & the humidity of the
night, & cover it & keep it in a dry
place.

QueTake heed not to put the said flowers in big
vases, for when one pulls out one, one needs to pull out all. 


Take good heed not to pick your flowers w in rainy and
humid weather, but when the sun has been shining on
them.

