1892 Drinks of the world

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qth Regiment Punch, the 69M Regiment Punch, the 2i2nd Regiment or Victoria Punch, and the Light Guard Punch. The sangaree, originally a West Indian drink, is as unsatisfactory in its explanation as in its etymology. It seems, indeed, to be little more than spirit and water, with sugar and nutmeg to taste. It very nearly approaches, if it is not identical with, toddy} Shrubs'^ are unsatisfactory, like sangarees. They seem to have no distinctive or differentiating feature. The most common kinds are Rum, Brandy, Cherry, and Currant. Slings are very closely related to toddies. Their difference is, indeed, infinitesimal, so far as we are able to learn.^ ^ Such at least is the signification of sangaree as far as American drinks are concerned. But Sang-gris is said by Bescherelle tp be a mixture of tea in wine amongst the sailors of the North. Perhaps the name is taken from the colour. It recalls David Garrick's " Why, the tea is as red as blood." In the West Indies it is made of Madeiras water, lime juice, and sugar. Spices are sometimes added. Pinckard's "West Indies," i. 469. 2 Shrub is called sanla in Jamaica. It is made in the West Indies with rum, syrup, and orange-peel. 3 The Slang Dictionary, however, defines Sling as a drink peculiar to Americans, generally composed of gin, soda-water, ice, and slices of lemon. At some houses (understand public) in London gin Sling, which he directs to be sucked through a straw. " I fear that very genteel persons will be exceedingly shocked at my words ; but when I tell them that the very act of imbibition through a straw prevents the gluttonous absorption of large and baneful quantities of drink, they will, I make no doubt, accept the vulgar precept for the sake of its protection against sudden inebriety." slifigs may be obtained. Francatelli has an exquisite note on Gin