James cleaned his couldron, filled it with water and lit a fire underneath and let it boil. Then he added the 8 drops of wormwood like the potionsmistress had instructed and started stirring it in an counter clockwise direction. He then measured and added the cup of jobberknoll blood, feeling rather squeamish. He then put the billywig wings and belladonna leaves in his hand and rubbed briskly letting the bits fall from his hands and into the cauldron. He then cast scougify on the mortor and the pestle for added measure. Then he put the poppy seeds into the mortor and crushed it to dust with the pestle... to rythym. Once he had done that he broke seven Valerian sprigs with his hand and added it to the poppy seed dust. Then he emptied the contents of the mortor into his cauldron.
He had not bothered to take notes... he could get them from Sarah, who seemed to be taking lots of notes.