PERSIAN INCENSE BURNER.
To make Incense.—Coarsely powder and mix together a pound each of gum benzoin and frankincense, a quarter of a pound each of cascarilla and gum myrrh, and half an ounce of cinnamon.
To make Aromatic or Fumigating Pastils.—Mix together the following ingredients, all having been separately powdered: two pounds of charcoal, one pound each of frankincense and gum benzoin, and half a pound of gum storax. Add to the mixed powders, four ounces of syrup, six ounces of tincture of benzoin, two ounces each of oil of almonds and essence of ambergris, and one ounce of essence of musk. Make the resultant paste into cones, adding a little warm water if required.
To make Aromatic Pastils. Another Recipe.—Mix together 125 parts of gum benzoin, 25 parts of balsam of tolu, 100 parts of powdered sanderswood, and 1 part each of nitre, oil of sandalwood, cinnamon, and cloves. Make into a paste with a solution of gum tragacanth (made by pouring 6 parts of warm water over 1 part of gum tragacanth, letting it stand a few days and then straining), and form into cones.
To make Aromatic Pastils. Another Recipe.—Mix together 125 parts of charcoal, 25 parts each of cascarilla bark and gum benzoin, 12 parts of nitre, 10 parts of myrrh, and 5 parts each of oil of cloves and oil of nutmeg. Make into a paste with a solution of gum tragacanth.