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(equal to M pound) on the lemon rind until all the yellow
part of the skin is absorbed, then squeeze the juice and
strain it. Add the sugar and lemon juice to the port wine,
with the grated nutmeg; pour over it the boiling water,
cover the jug, and when the beverage has cooled a little
it will be fit for use. Negus may also be made of sherry
or any other sweet wine, but it is more usually made of
port. This beverage derives its name from Colonel Negus,
who is said to have invented it.
RUMFUSTIAN
This is the singular name bestowed upon a drink very
much in vogue with English sportsmen after their return
from a day's shooting, and is concoded thus:
The yolks of a dozen eggs are well whisked up and
put into a quart of strong beer; to this is added a pint
of gin; a bottle of sherry is put into a saucepan, with a
stick of cinnamon, a nutmeg grated, a dozen large lumps
of sugar, and the rind of a lemon peeled very thin; when
the wine boils, it is poured upon the gin and beer, and
the whole drunk hot.
Trappy are we met. Trappy have we been.
Trappy may we part, and happy meet again.
!May Dame fortune ever smile on you,
Vut never her daughter — !Miss CFortuntj.