102. _Another._

Take of very white gum arabic, and white sugar, each 2¼ lbs. with a

sufficient quantity of boiling water. Dissolve, strain, and evaporate

without boiling, to the consistence of honey: beat up the whites

of six eggs with four drachms of orange-flower water, which mix

gradually with the paste, and evaporate over a slow fire, stirring it

continually till it will not stick to the fingers, it should be very

light, spongy, and extremely white.