1860 Oxford Night Caps

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MEAD AND BRAGGON, OR BRAGGET,

Donotdiffer materially from MethegKn;they are indeed varieties of the same. Howell says,"they differ in strength according to " the three degrees of comparison,Metheglin "being strong in the superalative, and if "taken immoderately doth stupify more than "any other liqour." The following are the methods of prepar ing them. Mix the whites of six esss with twelve OO gallons of spring water; add twenty pounds of the best virgin honey and the peeling of three lemons; boil it an hour, and then put into it some rosemary,^ cloves, mace, and ginger; when it is quite cold, add a spoon ful or two of yeast, tun it, and when it has done working, stop it up close. In. a few months bottle it off, and deposit it in a cellar of cool temperature. * Tlie best boney known is tbat of Narbonne in France, where rosemary abounds, it having a very strong flavor of that plant.