Note 103 — PEPTIC PRECEPTS.

“To make Toast and Water.—Cut a bit of the upper crust of Bread, about twice the thickness Toast is usually cut—toast it carefully, till it be completely browned all over, but not at all blackened or burnt: put this into a jug, and pour upon it as much boiling water as you wish to make into drink—cover the jug—let it stand till cold. The fresher made—the better. Obs.—A roll of fresh thin cut Lemon Peel or dried Orange Peel, infused with the Bread, is a grateful addition, and makes a very refreshing Summer drink—and when the proportion of the fluids is destroyed by profuse perspiration, may be drank plentifully. Let a large jug be made early in the day, it will then become warm by the heat of the Air, and may be drank freely with impunity; cold Water fresh drawn from a well cannot without danger.”