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The

StilLRoom

for

five

minutes.

Then

add

a

bottle

of

brandy

and

half

a

bottle

of

rum.

To

make

Cold

PuncJu

Proceed

as

with

hot

punch,

but

replacing

the

boiling

water

by

cold

water

and

a

few

pieces

of

ice.

The

punch

itself

is

better

not

cooled

over

ice

before

serving.

To

make

Cold

Gin

Punch,

Rub

a

few

lumps

of

sugar

over

the

outer

peel

of

a

lemon,

and

place

this,

with

the

juice

of

the

lemon,

in

a

jug

or

bowl,

together

with

enough

sugar

to

make

up

to

three

ounces.

Add

half

a

pint

of

gin,

a

wine-glassful

of

maraschino,

a

pint

of

water,

and

two

bottles

of

iced

soda-water.

To

make

PurL

Beat

three

eggs

to

a

froth,

and

well

mix

them

with

two

ounces

of

castor

sugar

and

a

gill

of

ale.

Heat

a

quart

of

ale

with

a

tea-spoon-

ful

of

powdered

nutmeg

and

a table-spoonful

of

crushed

ginger.

Slowly

add

the

hot

ale

to

the

ale-

and-eggs

mixture.

Lastly,

add

a

wine-glassful

of

gin

or

brandy.

"

For

the

resty

both

the

tap

and

the

parlour

of

the

Six

Jolly

Fellowship

Porters

gave

upon

the

river^

and

had

red

curtains

matching

the

noses

of

the

regular

customer

Sy

and

were

provided

with

comfortable

fireside

utensilsy

like

models

of

sugar-loaf

hats^

made

in

that

shape

that

they

mighty

with

their

pointed

ends^

seek

out

for

themselves

glowing

nooks

in

the depths^

where

they

mulled

your

ale

y

-

or

heated

for

you

those

delectable

drinks

purlsyfiipy

and

dog*s

nose.

The

first

of

these

hum^

ming

compounds

was

a

specialty

of

The

Porters^

which

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