Mr. Vaux writes as follows:--Admiral Vernon was the first to require his
men to drink their spirits mixed with water. In bad weather he was in
the habit of walking the deck in a rough _grogram_ cloak, and thence had
obtained the nickname of _Old Grog_ in the Service. This is, I believe,
the origin of the name _grog_, applied originally to _rum_ and _water_.
I find the same story repeated in a quaint little book, called Pulleyn's
_Etymological Compendium_.
[A.S. has communicated a similar explanation; and we are obliged
to "An old LADY who reads for Pastime" for kindly furnishing us
with a reference to a newly published American work, _Lifts for
the Lazy_, where the origin of "Grog" is explained in the same
manner.
The foregoing was already in type when we received the following
agreeable version of the same story.]
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