352. MYRTLE WATER.

Infuse eight or ten pounds of the cuttings of green myrtle, in nearly

twenty gallons of rain or river water, and add thereto a pint of

fresh yeast, after it has stood for twenty-four hours. At the end of

another day and night, put the whole into a still, with a pound of

bay salt. Draw off the whole of the water; and, next day, infuse more

myrtle leaves, as before, and distil again. Repeat the same a third

time.