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DRINKS.
qth
Regiment
Punch,
the
69M
Regiment
Punch,
the
2i2nd
Regiment
or
Victoria
Punch,
and
the
Light
Guard
Punch.
The
sangaree,
originally
a
West
Indian
drink,
is
as
unsatisfactory
in
its
explanation
as
in
its
etymology.
It
seems,
indeed,
to
be
little
more
than
spirit
and
water,
with
sugar
and
nutmeg
to
taste.
It
very
nearly
approaches,
if
it
is
not
identical
with,
toddy}
Shrubs'^
are
unsatisfactory,
like
sangarees.
They
seem
to
have
no
distinctive
or
differentiating
feature.
The
most
common
kinds
are
Rum,
Brandy,
Cherry,
and
Currant.
Slings
are
very
closely
related
to
toddies.
Their
difference
is,
indeed,
infinitesimal,
so
far
as
we
are
able
to
learn.^
^
Such
at
least
is
the
signification
of
sangaree
as
far
as
American
drinks
are
concerned.
But
Sang-gris
is
said
by
Bescherelle
tp
be
a
mixture
of
tea
in
wine
amongst
the
sailors
of
the
North.
Perhaps
the
name
is
taken
from
the
colour.
It
recalls
David
Garrick's
"
Why,
the
tea
is
as
red
as
blood."
In
the
West
Indies
it
is
made
of
Madeiras
water,
lime
juice,
and
sugar.
Spices
are
sometimes
added.
Pinckard's
"West
Indies,"
i.
469.
2
Shrub
is
called
sanla
in
Jamaica.
It
is
made
in
the
West
Indies
with
rum,
syrup,
and
orange-peel.
3
The
Slang
Dictionary,
however,
defines
Sling
as
a
drink
peculiar
to
Americans,
generally
composed
of
gin,
soda-water,
ice,
and
slices
of
lemon.
At
some
houses
(understand
public)
in
London
gin
slifigs
may
be
obtained.
Francatelli
has
an
exquisite
note
on
Gin
Sling,
which
he
directs
to
be
sucked
through
a
straw.
"
I
fear
that
very
genteel
persons
will
be
exceedingly
shocked
at
my
words
;
but
when
I
tell
them
that
the
very
act
of
imbibition
through
a straw
prevents
the
gluttonous
absorption
of
large
and
baneful
quantities
of
drink,
they
will,
I
make
no
doubt,
accept
the
vulgar
precept
for
the
sake
of
its
protection
against
sudden
inebriety."