227. Flaxen coloured Powder.

Add to the White Powder a very little Yellow Ochre. The White Powder may be tinged of any colour, by adding ingredients of the colour you fancy.

228. Bean Flour.

Grind any quantity of Beans, and sift the Meal through a very fine lawn sieve. It will take no other scent than that of Florentine Orrice.

229. To sweeten the Breath.

Roll up a little ball of Gum Tragacanth, scent it with some odoriferous Essence or Oil, and hold it in the mouth. A little Musk may be added to the ball while rolling up, where that perfume is not disagreeable.

230. Or,

After having eat Garlic or Onions, chew a little raw Parsley. It will infallibly take away their offensive smell.

231. A Remedy for scorbutic Gums.