Obtained from wood distilled in large iron cylinders for the manufacture of charcoal for gunpowder; when rectified it is used for all the purposes of distilled vinegar. 394. TO MAKE STRONG ACETOUS ACID. Take of vitriol, calcined to whiteness, 1 lb. sugar of lead, 10 drachms, Rub together and distil. 395. _Another_. Take of sugar of lead, 7 lbs. oil of vitriol 4½ lbs. Distil 2½ lbs. This is used to make aromatic vinegar. 396. HONEY WATER FOR THE HAIR. Take of honey, 4 lbs. very dry sand, 2 lbs. Mix and put into a vessel that will hold five times as much; distil with a gentle heat a yellowish acid water: this acid greatly encourages the growth of hair. 397. DEPHLOGISTICATED SPIRIT OF SALT. Take of common salt, 3 lbs. manganese, 1 lb. oil of vitriol, 2 lbs. water, 1 lb. Distil, placing a sufficient quantity of water in the receiver. This spirit is of a pale greenish yellow, and scarcely heavier than water. It bleaches linen, straw, and takes out fruit spots, iron moulds, or ink marks. MISCELLANEOUS BEVERAGES. ———— 398. TO MAKE GINGER BEER. Take of good Jamaica ginger, 2½ oz. Moist sugar, 3 lbs. cream of tartar, 1 oz. the juice and peel of 2 middling sized lemons, brandy ½ pint, good solid ale yeast, ¼ pint, water, 3½ gallons. This will produce 4½ dozen of excellent ginger beer, which will keep twelve months. Bruise the ginger and sugar, and boil them for 20 or 25 minutes in the water, slice the lemon and put it and the cream of tartar into a large pan; pour the boiling liquor upon them, stir it well round, and when milk-warm, add the yeast; cover it over, let it remain two or three days to work, skimming it frequently; then strain it through a jelly-bag into a cask, add the brandy, bung down very close, and at the end of a fortnight or three weeks, draw it off and bottle, and cork very tight; tie the cork down with twine or wire. If it does not work well at first, add a little more yeast, but be careful of adding too much, least it taste of it. 399. SPRUCE BEER. Take, if white is intended, 6 lbs. of sugar; if brown, as much treacle, and a pot of spruce, and ten gallons of water. This is also managed in the same way as ginger beer, except that it should be bottled as soon as it has done working. 400. BROWN SPRUCE BEER.