Take six pounds of honey, a pound and three quarters of water, two ounces and a quarter of pounded chalk, five ounces of coal pulverized, washed and well dried, the whites of three eggs well beaten in three ounces of water for each pound of honey; put the honey, water, chalk, and eggs into a copper vessel that will hold about one-third more, let them boil for two minutes, throw in the coal, mixing it with a spoon and continuing the boiling two minutes longer; then take the saucepan from the fire and let it stand nearly a quarter of an hour that the liquor may cool, then take a new sieve, it must be well washed or it will impart a disagreeable taste, pass the honey through, taking care to filter the first drops twice, as they generally carry with them a portion of coal: the syrup which still adheres to the coal and other materials may be separated as follows - pour boiling water on them till they no longer retain any sweetness, then put these waters together, set them over a large fire to evaporate until the syrup only remains.