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To Soften Horn


To one pound of wood-ashes, add two pounds of quick lime; put them

into a quart of water. Let the whole boil till reduced to one-third.

Then dip a feather in, and if, on drawing it out, the plume should

come off, it is a proof that it is boiled enough; if not, let it boil

a little longer. When it is settled, filter it off, and in the liquor

thus strained put in shavings of horn. Let them soak for three days;

and, first anointing your hands with oil, work the horn into a mass,

and print or mould it into any shape you please.



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