Roll twelve fine lemons under your hand on the table; then pare
off the yellow rind very thin, and boil it in a gallon of water
till all the flavour is drawn out. Break up into a large bowl, two
pounds of loaf-sugar, and squeeze the lemons over it. When the
water has boiled sufficiently, strain it from the lemon-peel, and
mix it with the lemon juice and sugar. Stir in a quart of rum or
of the best whiskey.
Two scruples of flowers of benjamin, steeped in a quart of rum,
will make an infusion which much resembles the arrack of the East
Indies. It should be kept in a bottle, and a little of it will be
found to impart a very fine and fragrant flavour to punch made in
the usual manner.