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CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
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Let
your
utensils
be
clean^
and
your
ingredients
of
first-rate
quality,
and,
unless
you
have
some
one
very
trustworthy
and
reliable,
take
the
matter
in
hand
your-
self;
for
nothing
is
so
annoying
to
the
host,
or
so
unpalatable
to
the
guests,
as
a
badly
compounded
cup.
In
order
that
the
magnitude
of
this
important
business
may
be
fully
understood
and
properly
estimated,
we
will
transfer
some
of
the
excellent
aphoristic
remarks
of
the
illustrious
Billy
Dawson
(though
we
have
not
the
least
idea
who
he
was),
whose
illustricity
consisted
in
being
the
only
man
who
could
brew
Punch.
This
is
his
testimony
:
—
^^
The
man
who
sees,
does,
or
thinks
of
anything
while
he
is
making
Punch,
may
as
well
look
for
the
North-west
Passage
on
Mutton
Hill.
A
man
can
never
make
good
Punch
unless
he
is
satisfied,
nay
positive,
that
no
man
breathing
can
make
better.
1
can
and
do
make
good
Punch,
because
I
do
nothing
else
;
and
this
is
my
way
of
doing
it.
I
retire
to
a
solitary
corner,
with
my
ingredients
ready
sorted
;
they
are
as
follows
;
and
1
mix
them
in
the
order
they
are
here
written.
Sugar,
twelve
tolerable
lumps
;
hot
water,
one
pint
;
lemons,
two,
the
juice
and
peel
;
old
Jamaica
rum,
two
gills;
brandy,
one
gill;
porter
or
stout,
half
a
gill;
arrack,
a
slight
dash.
I
allow
myself
five
minutes
to
make
a
bowl
on
the
foregoing
proportions,
carefully
stirring
the
mixture
as
I
furnish
the
ingredients
until
it
actually
foams
;
and
then.
Kangaroos
!
how
beautiful
it is
! !
'^
If,
however,
for
convenience,
you
place
the
matter
in
the
hands
of
your
domestic,
I
would
advise
you
to
caution
her
on
the
importance
of
the
office,
and
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