ing Flies (1).

Infusion of quassia, one pint; brown sugar, four ounces; ground
pepper, two ounces. To be well mixed together, and put in small
shallow dishes when required.

2479. To Destroy Flies (2).

To destroy flies in a room, take half a teaspoonful of black pepper in
powder, one teaspoonful of brown sugar, and one tablespoonful of
cream, mix them well together, and place them in the room on a plate,
where the flies are troublesome, and they will soon disappear.

[WHEN APPETITE COMMANDS, THE POCKET PAYS.]

2480. Flies (3).

Cold green tea, very strong and sweetened with sugar, will, when set
about the room in saucers, attract flies and destroy them.

2481. Inks.

There are many receipts published for making ink; the following is as
useful and economical a mode of producing good ink as any of them:

2482. Dr. Ure's Ink.

For twelve gallons of ink take twelve pounds of bruised galls, five
pounds of gum, five pounds of green sulphate of iron, and twelve
gallons of rain-water. Boil the galls with nine gallons of the water
for three hours, adding fresh water to supply that lost in vapour; let
the decoction settle, and draw off the clear liquor. Add to it the
gum, previously dissolved in one and a half gallons of water; dissolve
the green vitriol separately in one and a half gallons of water, and
mix the whole.

2483. Ink Powder.

Ink powder is formed of the dry ingredients for ink, powdered and
mixed. Powdered galls, two pounds; powdered green vitriol, one pound;
powdered gum, eight ounces. Two ounces of this mixture will make one
pint of ink. Cost: galls, 1s. 4d. per pound; green vitriol, 1d. per
pound; powdered gum, 1s. 5d. per pound.

2484. Red Writing Ink.

Best ground Brazil wood, four ounces; diluted acetic acid, one pint;
alum, half an ounce. Boil the ingredients slowly in an enamelled
vessel for one hour, strain, and add an ounce of gum.

2485. Marking Ink without Preparation.

There are several receipts for this ink, but the following is said to
be one of the best of its kind:

Dissolve separately, one ounce of nitrate of silver, and one and a
half ounce of best washing soda in distilled or rain water. Mix the
solutions, and collect and wash the precipitate in a filter; whilst
still moist, rub it up in a marble or Wedgwood mortar with three
drachms of tartaric acid; add two o