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Pears, with Rice

Wash six ounces of best Carolina rice in two or three waters, put it into a saucepan with a quart of milk, some white sugar, and a quarter of a stick of vanilla, and let it simmer gently for an hour. Turn it upon a hot dish, and lay upon it four or five good baking pears which have been cored, halved, and stewed until quite tender with three pints of water, four ounces of sugar, and a quarter of a stick of vanilla. Boil the syrup in which the pears were stewed very quickly for a few minutes to thicken it, and pour it over the rice. Serve either hot or cold. Time, one hour and a half or more to stew the pears. Probable cost, 9d. Sufficient for four or five persons.