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Home-made Beverages.

Royzd Punch.

Rub4oz.loafsugar on to therinds of3lemons,

pound it and place it in a bowl with the strained

juice. Heat a pint of white wine, half a pint of

calf's footjelly, and the same quantity of arrack,

rum, brandy, and curafao together, pour into

the bowl, stir until the sugar is dissolved,

and serve hot. If liked a little powdered

cinnamon and grated nutmeg may be added.

Rum Punch.

Boil a quart of water, 4 lb. sugar, 10 cori

ander seeds, 2 inches of cinnamon, 5 cloves,

the thinly pared rind of 3 lemons together for

10 minutes, then pour it over 1 lb. of sliced

pineapple. Add half a pint of green tea, a gill

of arrack, a pint of rum, the same quantity

of brandy, and the strained juice of 5 lemons.

Cover closely, and infuse for two days, then add

a quart of boiling new milk, let it stand for two

hours, then strain through a jelly bag until

clear, pour into bottles, and cork and seal them

securely. It should be iced before serving.

Sportsman.'s Punch.

Rub 4 oz. sugar on to the rind of a lemon,

pound it and place it in a hot jug with the

strained juice. Add a pint of boiling water,

half a pint of boiling ale, and the same quantity

of whisky and brandy, and serve at once.

Tea Punch.

Put a pint of boiling tea into a hot bowl, add

half a gill of lemon syrup,and a table-spoonful

each of rum punch and cherjybrandy,and serve

at once.

University Punch.

Put one and a half pints of boiling water into

a hot bowl,add 3table-spoonfulsof lemon syrup,

and the same quantity of orange shrub, cherry

brandy,and rum punch.

Whisky Punch.

Put the thinly pared rind and strained juice

of 3lemons into a bowl, add 7 oz. of loaf sugar,

one and a half pints of boiling water and IJ

pints of whisky. Stir untilthesugaris dissolved,

then strain and serve at once.