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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Wednesday 30 June 2010

Madam JOHNSON’S Present: Making Tinder.

Madam JOHNSON’S Present:

Or, every YOUNG WOMAN’S companion.

To make a Substitute for Tinder made with Linen.
Dissolve three ounces of salt petre in a pint and an half of fair Water in a Kettle or Pan over clear Fire: Then thoroughly wet twenty-four Sheets of smooth brown Paper separately in the hot Liquor, and lay them on some clean Place to dry. When you have Occasion, you may put a Piece in your Tinder-box, and using the Steel and Flint, it will catch like Wildfire.

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