ed and sifted, an
ounce of spice in very fine powder, three pounds of currants nicely
cleaned and dry, half a pound of almonds blanched, and three quarters of
a pound of sweetmeats cut small. Let all be kept by the fire, and mix
the dry ingredients. Pour the eggs strained to the butter, mix half a
glass of sweet wine with a full glass of brandy, and pour it to the
butter and eggs, mixing them well together. Add the dry ingredients by
degrees, and beat them together thoroughly for a great length of time.
Having prepared and stoned half a pound of jar raisins, chopped as fine
as possible, mix them carefully, so that there shall be no lumps, and
add a tea-cupful of orange flower water. Beat the ingredients together a
full hour at least. Have a hoop well buttered, or a tin or copper
cake-pan; take a white paper, doubled and buttered, and put in the pan
round the edge, if the cake batter fill it more than three parts, for
space should be allowed for rising. Bake it in a quick oven: three hours
will be requisite.

FINE CRUST. For orange cheesecakes, or sweetmeats, when intended to be
particularly nice, the following fine crust may be prepared. Dry a pound
of the finest flour and mix with it three ounces of refined sugar. Work
up half a pound of butter with the hand till it comes to a froth, put
the flour into it by degrees, adding the yolks of three and the whites
of two eggs, well beaten and strained. If too thin, add a little flour
and sugar to make it fit to roll. Line some pattipans, and fill them: a
little more than fifteen minutes will bake them. Beat up some refined
sugar with the white of an egg, as thick as possible, and ice the
articles all over as soon as they are baked. Then return them to the
oven to harden, and serve them up cold, with fresh butter. Salt butter
will make a very fine flaky crust, but if for mince pies, or any sweet
things, it should first be washed.

FIRE ARMS. The danger of improperly loading fire arms chiefly arises
from not ramming the wadding close to the powder; and then when a
fowling-piece is discharged, it is very likely to burst in pieces. This
circumstance, though well known, is often neglected, and various
accidents are occasioned by it. Hence when a screw barrel pistol is to
be loaded, care should be taken that the cavity for the powder be
entirely filled with it, so as to leave no space between the powder and
the ball. For the same reason, if the bottom of a large tree is to be