Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 612
r kitchen uses. A deep pit is dug in theforest, filled with pieces of wood in layers, and seton fire ; or a stack is made of the wood, and coveredon the outside with wet sod and clay, openings beingleft for the fire, and for the escape of steam, etc.The pit or stack is constantly attended,… … NATIVES OF INDIA BOILING AND SKIMMING THE SALTS. tissolve sinks to the bottom; it is then put1 shallow vat and left to evaporate, and in three days the long-sought crystals are d. This is the crude saltpeter of commerce, -he mode of preparing it is pretty much ime the world over. But it is by no…
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