after it is cut level with the top of the
bottle. Melt in an earthen or iron pot half a pound of black rosin, half
a pound of sealing wax, and a quarter of a pound of bees wax. When it
froths up, and before all is melted and likely to boil over, stir it
with a tallow candle, which will settle the froth till all is melted and
fit for use.

CORNS. Apply to warts and corns, a piece of soft brown paper moistened
with saliva, and a few dressings will remove them. A convenient plaster
may also be made of an ounce of pitch, half an ounce of galbanum
dissolved in vinegar, one scruple of ammoniac, and a dram and a half of
diachylon mixed together.

COSTIVENESS. From whatever cause it may arise, frequent exercise in the
open air, and abstinence from heating liquors, will be found very
beneficial. To those who are afflicted with this complaint, it is
particularly recommended that they should visit the customary retreat
every morning at a stated hour, that nature may in this respect, by
perseverance, acquire a habit of regularity. In obstinate cases, three
drams of carbon may be taken two or three times a day, mixed with three
ounces of lenitive electuary, and two drams of carbonate of soda, as
circumstances may require. Half an ounce of Epsom salts, dissolved in a
tumbler or two of cold water, and drank at intervals, will have a very
salutary effect.

COTTENHAM CHEESE. Though this is so much noted for its superior flavour
and delicacy, it does not appear to be owing to any particular
management of the dairy, but rather to the fragrance of the herbage on
which the cows feed in that part of the country.

COUGHS. The extract of malt will be found an excellent remedy for coughs
or colds. Pour as much hot water over half a bushel of pale ground malt
as will just cover it; the water must not be boiling. In forty-eight
hours drain off the liquor entirely, but without squeezing the grains.
Put the former into a large sweetmeat pan, or saucepan, that there may
be room to boil as quick as possible, without boiling over. When it
begins to thicken, stir it constantly, till it becomes as thick as
treacle. Take a dessert-spoonful of it three times a day.--Another
remedy for a bad cough may be prepared as follows. Mix together a pint
of simple mint water, two table-spoonfuls of sallad oil, two
tea-spoonfuls of hartshorns, sweetened with sugar, and take two large
spoonfuls of the mixture two or three times a day.

COURT PLAISTER.