402_ BRI with three quarts of warm water j mix the whole properly, and cover )t with flannel, till the sponge be formed. After the dough has suf- ficiently risen, six quarts of luke- warm skimmed-milk, and 1 lb. of salt, are to be worked in, with tlic fingers, till the sponge be weak and rof>y ; when it must again be covered, and kept warm. The oven being now made very hot, and the paste moulded into bricks, or rolls, they are put in expediti- ously; the former requiring one hour and a half; but the latter only half an hour. As soon as the bread is baked, it must must be drawn; and, if burnt, the black crust should be rasped. — "When the milk is added to the sponge, two ounces of butter are sometimes incorporated ; but this addition be- ing immaterial, it may be omitted. BRICKS. — An important dis- covery has lately been made by Mr. Whitmore Davis, at Castle Comber, in the county of Kilken- ny, Ireland. He observed some persons in the vicinity of a colliery, to employ a mortar for the backs tjf their grates, which in a short time became hard. This substance he found, on examination^ to be what miners term seat-coal, or that fossil which lies between coal and the rock. It has been sub- mitted to the investigation of Mr. ICiawAN, who is of opinion^ that it will, when mixed in due propor- tions with clay, produce a kind of bricks, capable of resisting the ac- tion of fire, and consequently well calculated for furnaces, or similar strudures. Mr. Davis has ac- cordingly employed it with suc- cess ; and he farther observes, that seat-coal, if properly prepared, will answer every purpose of tarras, for buildings beneath water. BUT BRUISES, if negleaed, even tit temperate climates, are often at- tended with painful effeds; but they frequently prove fatal in hot countries. — With a view to pre- vent inflammation. Dr. Dancer advises speedily to apply embroca- tions, consisting of opodeldoc ; of camphor and strong rum ; or of both the last-mentioned articles with a little soap ; to which a small quantity of laudanum may be add- ed. Should theinflammatory symp- toms increase, he diredts the fol- lowing saturnine solution to be employed :— Let one or two tea- spoonfuls of Goulard's cxtraft, or from one to two drams of sugar of lead, be combined with 80/.. of water, 4oz. of vinegar, and two tea-spoonfuls of laudanum. Last- ly, to remove the debility which usually remains after contusions, or sprains of ihfe joints, he recom- mends the affusion of cold water, or stimulating friftioos, and elec- tricity. BUR-WEED, the Greater, or BuR-KKED, Sparganium ereciuni, L. is an indigenous perennial, growing in ditches, marshes, and on the banks of rivers, vhere it flowers in July.— Thisplant, though refused by sheep and horses, is eagerly eaten by cattle, while in a- green state ; but, when drj-, it produces a hard fodder. — Its tlow- ers, while in full bloom, have by Bautsch been successfully em- ployed in tanning. BUTTER.— The following me- thod of preparing butter is advan- tageously pradised in Holland. When the cows are milked, the fluid is not poured into pans, till it become perfe6tly cold : it is then stirred two or three times in the day, so that the cream and milk way more intimately combine J and. it
