Take six pounds of the white sweet almond cakes, from which jessamine oil has been made abroad; beat and sift them to a fine powder, and put to it as much fresh oil of jessamine as will be required to make it into a stiff paste. Let this paste be dissolved in about six quarts of spring water, which has been previously well boiled, and left until it has become about half cold. Stir and mix the whole well together; and when the oil and water has been well combined, let the whole stand until the powder has fallen to the bottom of the vessel. Now pour the liquid off gently, and filter it through cotton, in a large tin funnel, into the glass bottle in which it is to be kept for use. The powder or sediment which has been left at the bottom of the vessel, when dried by the heat of the sun, answers very well for making almond paste for the hands. 351. JAMAICA PEPPER WATER. Jamaica pepper is the fruit of a tall tree growing in the mountainous parts of Jamaica, where it is much cultivated, because of the great profit arising from the cured fruit, sent in large quantities annually into Europe. Take of Jamaica pepper, half a pound; water, two gallons and a half; draw off 1 gallon with a pretty brisk fire. The oil of this fruit is very ponderous, and therefore, this water is made in an alembic. 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. 353. ORANGE FLOWER WATER. Take two pounds of orange flowers, and twenty-four quarts of water, and draw over three pints. Or, take twelve pounds of orange flowers, and sixteen quarts of water, and draw over fifteen quarts. 354. ORANGE PEEL WATER. Take of the outward yellow rind of Seville oranges, four ounces; water, three gallons and a half; draw off one gallon by the alembic, with a brisk fire. 355. PEPPERMINT WATER. Take of the herb of peppermint, dried, 1½ lbs. water, as much as is sufficient to prevent burning. Distil off a gallon. This has been known to allay sickness when nothing else would succeed, and is used in flatulent colics. A wine-glassful may be taken, and often repeated. 356. _Another._ Take of oil of peppermint, 1 pound, water, a sufficient quantity. Draw off 30 gallons. This is stimulant and carminative; and covers disagreeable flavours. 357. PORTUGAL AND ANGEL WATERS.