TO PRESERVE LIMES.
Get the limes green; take out all the inside very carefully with a pen-knife, then lay them for twenty-four hours in salt and water; take them out, wash and scald them till all of the salt is out; make a syrup with three quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of limes; skim it, and put in the fruit; let them boil till clear. It is better to boil the limes in water for twenty minutes before they go in the syrup.