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DRINKS.
sidered
necessary
by
the
adept
to
rub
the
sugar
on
the
rind of
the
citron
or
lemon,
to
extract
properly
what
the
experienced
drinker
calls
"
the
ambrosial
essence."
The
extraction
of
the
ambrosial
essence,
and
the
making
the
mixture
sweet
and
strong,
using
tea
instead
of
water,
and
thoroughly
amalgamating
all
the
A
CROWN
BOWL
OF
PUNCH.'
compounds,
so
that
the
taste
of
neither the
bitter,
the
sweet,
the
spirit,
nor
the
element
shall
be
perceptible
-*one
over
the
other,
is
the
grand
secret
of
making
punch.
;
And
to
this,
as to
other
learning,
there
is
no
royal
road.
^
It
must,
alas!
be
laboriously
acquired
by
practice.
Many
are
the
mysteries
of
its
concoction.
For
instance,
it
is
essential
in
making
hot
punch
that