164 The Hunting Grounds 



the breakfast, for I think we shall be six, as I expect 

 K the collector, and the sub-judge, their horse- 

 keepers having already arrived." 



Whilst he was speaking they rode up, and in a few 

 moments we were all sitting in the % porch discussing 

 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 

 table-spoons 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 sodawater, stirring it 

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

 state of effervescence." 



After breakfast, at which sundry shekar projects 



were discussed, D and I rode out to a Mulliarry 



village, followed by our horsekeepers and Googooloo 

 carrying guns, in order to hold a consultation with 

 two men who were said to know the country well. 



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



