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DRINICS.

ounces

;v

spirits

of

wine,

p.,

4

quarts

;

distilled

water,

3

quarts

;

sugar,

10

pounds.

Colour, yellow.

Other

French

liqueurs

worthy

of

notice

are

Eau

Archiepiscopale,

des

Financiers,

de

Noyeau,

de

Phals-

dourg,

de

Jasmin,

des

chevaliers

de

Saint

Louis,

des

Pacificateurs

de

la

Grece,

Souvenir

d'un

Brave,

,

Goute

Nationale,

Coquette

Flatteuse,

Ratafias

of

differ-

ent

kinds,

such

as

Absinthe^

Angelique,

Celery,

Quatre

Graines}

Cerises,

Noyeau

and

Carve,

^

Amour

sans

Fin,

Gaite

Franfaise,

Plaisir

des

Dames,

Citrojtelle,

Elixir

Cohimbat,

Eau

des

Chevaliers

de

la

Legion

d'

Llonneur,

Eau

des

Amis,

Crime

de

Macaron,

and

Eau

de Pologne, the

crimson

Alkermes,

the

emerald

Huile

des

Venus, the

Elixir

des

Anges,

the

pale

straw-

coloured

Eau

de

vie

d'Andaye^

the

crimson

Nectar

des

Dieux,

and

Missilimakinac.

The

most

important,

or

rather

the

most

popular

in

this

country,

of

the

very

numerous

alcoholic

prepara-

tions

which

are

flavoured,

or

perfumed,

or

sweetened,

or

more

commonly

treated

in

all

these

three

ways

to

be

agreeable

to

the

taste

are,

placing

them

as

they

suggest

themselves

:

KUmmel,

or

Kiinmel,

as

it

is

sometimes

incorrectly

written,

from

the

German

name

of

the

herb

cumin^

is

made

with

sweetened

spirit,

generally

brandy,

flavoured

with

coriander

and

caraway

seeds.

It

is

1

This

is

composed

of

fennel,

celery,

coriander,

and

angelica.

8

Sometimes

written

Karoy.

Carum

carve,

L.,

from

the

Greek

Kapov,

an

ombelliferous

plant

of

which

the

root

by

culture

becomes

edible.

The

fruit

is

analogous

to

that

of

anise.

3

Also

written

more

correctly

d'Hcfidaye

;

white,

yellow,

and

green,

according

to

its

alcoholic

strength.