404. _Lip Salve._

Dissolve a small lump of white sugar in a table-spoonful of rosewater,

(common water will do, but is not as good.) Mix it with a couple of

large spoonsful of sweet oil, a piece of spermaceti, of the size of half

a butternut. Simmer the whole well together eight or ten minutes, then

turn it into a small box.

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