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Ceylon Punch

2 large teaspoons of Ceylon tea 2 quarts of boiling water 1 pound lump sugar 8 lemons 4 oranges 1 pineapple 3 bananas 1 pint strawberries Steep the tea in the boiling water for five minutes, strain, add the sugar. Grate the rind of the lemons, and squeeze the juice. Cut the oranges into thin slices, shred the pineapple, slice the bananas and hull the strawberries. When the tea is cold, add all the fruit, and let it stand on the ice for several hours. One cup of Maraschino cherries may be added.