tumbler of water.

_Ratafia Brandy._

Apricot or peach kernels, with four ounces of fine sugar to a quart of
brandy. If you cannot get apricot kernels, two ounces of bitter almonds,
bruised a little, to the same quantity of spirit, will make good
ratafia.

_Shrub._ No. 1.

To a gallon of rum put three pints of orange-juice and one pound of
sugar, dissolving the sugar in the juice. Then put all together in the
cask. It will be fine and fit for use in a few weeks. If the rum be very
strong, you may add another pint of juice and half a pound of sugar to
the above.

_Shrub._ No. 2.

Take two quarts of the juice of oranges and lemons, and dissolve in it
four pounds and a half of sugar. Steep one-fourth part of the oranges
and lemons in nine quarts of spirits for one night; after which mix the
whole together; strain it off into a jug, which must be shaken two or
three times a day for ten days; then let it stand to settle for a
fortnight; after which draw it off very carefully, without disturbing
the sediment.

_Shrub._ No. 3.

One gallon of rum, one pound and two ounces of double-refined sugar, one
quart of orange-juice, mixed and strained through a sieve.

_Currant Shrub._

Pick the currants from the stalks; bruise them in a marble mortar; run
the juice through a flannel bag. Then take two quarts of the clear
juice; dissolve in it one pound of double-refined sugar, and add one
gallon of rum. Filter it through a flannel bag till quite fine.

_Spruce Beer._

For one quarter cask of thirty gallons take ten or twelve ounces of
essence of spruce and two gallons of the best molasses; mix them well
together in five or six gallons of warm water, till it leaves a froth;
then pour it into the cask, and fill it up with more water. Add one pint
of good yest or porter grounds; shake the cask well, and set it by for
twenty-four hours to work. Stop it down close. Next day, draw it off
into bottles, which should be closely corked and set by in a cool cellar
for ten days, when it will be as fine spruce-beer as ever was drunk. The
grounds will serve instead of yest for a second brewing.

In a hot climate, cold water should be used instead of warm.

_Bittany Wine._

Take six gallons of water and twelve pounds of sugar; put your sugar and
water together. Let it boil two hours; then, after taking it off the
fire, put in half a peck of sage, a peck and a half of bittany, and a
small bunch of rosemary; cover, an