Beat and sift fine a pound of the four gums left after the making of
honey-water, one pound also of the ingredients left from the spirit
of Benjamin, one pound of the best sealing-wax, and one pound of
genuine gum benzoin.
Dissolve some clear common gum arabic in a quantity of rose-water, of
a pretty thick consistency, and add to it sixty drops of spirit of
musk.
Mix the whole together, so as to make a pretty stiff paste, which
make up into small cones or balls. Dry them thoroughly before they
are put away, otherwise they will become mouldy.
These pastils are particularly useful for burning in rooms, where
the sick or the dead have lain. They are used in very considerable
quantities in the two Houses of Lords and Commons; also in various
halls, assembly-rooms, &c.