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Tea Biscuits

Mix in the following proportions the desired quantity: Rub six ounces of lard and a similar quantity of butter into five and a half pounds of flour; make a bay, and mix in two pounds of sifted sugar, and mix into a dough with one pint of milk and a half pint of water; mix in with the sugar a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, and, with the water, a teaspoonful of hydrochloric acid. Allow the dough to become quite stiff, and break well with the biscuit-break; roll out thin, and cut into pieces with a round or oval cutter. Cover over, and leave in a warm place to rise; when it becomes puffy, place on buttered baking-sheets in a quick oven for twenty minutes.