These ingredients are pulverized, and made into a cohesive paste with the gum.

ESSENCES BY INFUSION.

Essence of musk.

5ounces of musk from the bladder, cut small.
1oudo.s of civet.
4quarts of spirit of ambrette (purple sweet sultan).

The whole are put into a matrass, and exposed to the sun for two months during the hottest season of the year. In winter, the heat of a water-bath must be resorted to.

Essence of vanilla.

3pounds of vanilla in branches, 1st quality, cut small.
4quarts spirit of ambrette.
2drachms of cloves.
12drado.ms ofmusk from the bladder.

The same process must be followed as for the essence of musk.

Essence of ambergris.