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COTS AND THEIE CUSTOMS.
three, lemons, one bottle of rum, one pint of arrack, half
a pound of loaf sugar, and a quart of cold water. When
the sugar is melted
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pour one quart of boiling milk on
the above, cover it closely for four hours, and run it
through a bag, as it should be quite bright.
Many other recipes for Punch might be added, as,
for instance, Egg Punch, Almond Punch, Punch
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Romaine, Spiced Punch, Bed Punch, Leander Punch,
&c.; but the few we have prescribed will be found
reliable, so we refrain from swelling the list.
The simple admixture of spirits and water is known
either by the name of Toddy, which is a corruption of
an Indian word, Taddi (the sap of the palm tree), or by
the more truly English appellation of Grog, which thus
derives its cognomen. Before the time of Admiral
Vernon, rum "was given to the seamen in its raw
state | but he ordered it to be diluted, previously
to delivery, with a certain quantity of water. This
watering of their favourite liquor so incensed the tars
that they nicknamed the Admiral " Old Grog/
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in
allusion to a grogram coat which he was in the habit of
wearing,
Addison gives a humerous account of a Tory squire
whom he met by chance in a country ride, and who
maintained, over a bowl of punch, to which he was evi-
dently addicted, that England would do very well if it
would content itself with its own productions and not
depend upon foreigners. Addison reminded him, to
his great discomfiture^ that, of the favourite drink he