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Cut thin two pounds of yellow soap into a double saucepan, occasionally stirring it till it is raelted, which will be in a few minutes if the water is kept boiling around it, then add a quarter of a pound of palm oil, quarter of a pound of honey, three pennyworth of true oil of cinnamon; let all boil together another six or eight minutes; pour out and stand it by till next day, it is then fit for immediate use. If made as these directions it will be found to be a very superior soap.
 
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