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CHAPTER X
PUNCH
Derivation of the word questioned—Not an Asiatic drink—" Pale-
punts "—No relation to pale punters—Properties of rum—
Xoddy as a tonic—Irish punch—Glasgie ditto—O er muckle
cauld watter—One to seven—Hech sirs !—Classical sherbet
—Virtues of the feet of calves—West India dry gripes—
Make your own punch—No deputy allowed—Attraction of
capillairc—Gin punch—Eight recipes for milk-punch
University heart-chcerers.
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CHAPTER XI
STRANGE SWALLOWS
" Wormwood !"—The little green fairy—All right when you
know it, but
The hour of absinthe—Awful effects
Marie Corelli—St. John the Divine—Arrack and bhang not
to be encouraged—Plain water—The original intoxicant
Sacred beverage of the mild Hindu—Chi Chi Kafta, an
Arabian delight—Friends as whisky agents Effervescent
Glenlivet—The peat-reek—American bar-keeper and his
best customer—"Like swallerin' a circ'lar sawand pullin it
up again "-Castor-oil anecdote—" Haste to the wedding ! "
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CHAPTER XII
"the boy
Definition of the youth—The valley of the Marne—An Arch
bishop in sparkling company—All is not cham. that