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A Splendid Recipe

90 gals. plain proof spirit, 34 lbs. red Peruvian bark, 34 lbs. calisaya bark, 1 lbs. calamus root, 4 lbs. orange peel, 3½ oz. each cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, 2 oz. cassia buds, 6½ lbs. red saunders.

First mash all the ingredients, put them in the spirit, and let them infuse fourteen days, being careful to stir the mixture well twice every day. Then rack off and color with 11 pints (1) gals.) brandy coloring, to get a dark red tint. Stir a quarter of an hour. Dissolve 30 lbs. of white sugar in 30 gals. water, add, and again stir half an hour. Let the mixture rest 4 or 5 days, and when bright, bottle. If the red saunders is not used, the color will be a bright amber.

By substituting New England rum for the spirit, the celebrated Plantation Bitters may be obtained. **This is the finest bitters in the market. Com-