301. TO SWEETEN THE BREATH.

Take two ounces of Terra Japonica, half an ounce of sugar candy, both

in powder. Grind one drachm of the best ambergris with ten grains of

pure musk; and dissolve a quarter of an ounce of clean gum tragacanth

in two ounces of orange-flower water. Mix all together, so as to form

a paste, which roll into pieces of the thickness of a straw. Cut

these into pieces, and lay them in clean paper. This is an excellent

perfume for those whose breath is disagreeable.