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we shall be six, as I expect R the collector, 



and the sub-judge, their horse-keepers having ah-eady 

 arrived." 



Whilst he was speaking they rode up, and in a 

 few moments we were all sitting in the porch dis- 

 cussing the brew ; which was so highly approved 

 of by all parties that I will give the recipe, for the 

 benefit of my readers, as it was prepared by the 

 factotum of the late Brigadier of Hydrabad, Arab 

 Mac, (a celebrated old Indian general, of great 

 racing and sporting notoriety,) who gloried in 

 having the finest stud and the best kitchen in 

 India : — " To a bottle of claret add three wine- 

 glasses of cognac, a couple of large tablespoons of 

 sugar, the rind of a lime cut thin, a dozen cloves, 

 the seeds of three cardamum-pods, a quarter of a 

 nutmeg, one green chili, a small sprig of burrage, 

 a dozen leaves of mint, and a threatening of lime- 

 juice, or, what is perhaps better, a lime cut into 

 thin slices. Let it stand for twenty minutes, and 

 then add three bottles of cooled soda-water, stirring 

 it up well, and serving it out with a ladel whilst in 

 a state of effervescence." 



After breakfast, at which sundry shekar projects 



were discussed, D and I rode out to a Mul- 



liarry village, followed by our horse-keepers and 

 Googooloo carrying guns, in order to hold a con- 

 sultation with two men who were said to know the 

 country well. 



On the road I shot a brace of spur-fowl and a 



