It has been said that of _punches_ there are at least threescore. Here follow a few of the many varieties: _Brandy_, _Sherry_, _Gin_, _Whiskey_, _Port_, _Sauterne_, _Claret_, _Missisippi_, _Vanilla_, _Pine Apple_, _Orgeat_, _Curaçoa_, _Roman_, _Glasgow_, _Milk_, and _Regent’s_, brewed by George IV.; _St. Charles’_, _Louisiana_, _Sugar House_, _La Patria_, _Spread Eagle_, _Imperial_, _Rochester_, and _Rocky Mountain_; _Non-Such_, _Philadelphia_, _Fish-House_, _Canadian_, _Tip-Top_, _Bimbo_, _Nuremburgh_, _Ruby_, _Royal_, _Century Club_, _Duke of Norfolk_, _Uncle Toby_, and _Gothic_. People have immortalised themselves by the invention of _punches_ to which a grateful country has attached their names. Of these famous ones are General Ford, for many years commanding engineer at Dover; Dr. Shelton Mackenzie, of Glasgow; D’Orsay; and M. Grassot, the eminent French comedian of the Palais Royal, who communicated his receipt to Mr. Howard Paul, the equally eminent entertainer, when performing in Paris. Last, though not least, the military have thus distinguished themselves by the _National Guard_, the _7th Regiment_ Punch, the _69th Regiment_ Punch, the _32nd Regiment_ or _Victoria_ Punch, and the _Light Guard_ Punch. The _sangaree_, originally a West Indian drink, is as unsatisfactory in its explanation as in its etymology. It seems, indeed, to be little more than spirit and water, with sugar and nutmeg to taste. It very nearly approaches, if it is not identical with, _toddy_.[99] _Shrubs_[100] are unsatisfactory, like _sangarees_. They seem to have no distinctive or differentiating feature. The most common kinds are _Rum_, _Brandy_, _Cherry_, and _Currant_. _Slings_ are very closely related to _toddies_. Their difference is, indeed, infinitesimal, so far as we are able to learn.[101] Of the _smash_, even Jerry Thomas speaks slightingly. He says, “This beverage is simply a _julep_ on a small plan.” It, however, can boast of three species—_gin_, _brandy_, and _whiskey_, and for all a small bar-glass must be used. It is usual, though not apparently essential, to lay two small pieces of orange on the top, and to ornament with the berries of the season. _Toddy_ is the Hindustani _tári tádi_, or juice of the palmyra and cocoa-nut. _Tar_ is the Hindustani word for a palm. It is the name given by Europeans to the sweet liquors produced by puncturing the spathes or stems of certain palms. In the West Indies _toddy_ is obtained from the trunk of the _Attalea cohune_, a native of the Isthmus of Panama. In South-Eastern Asia the palms from which it is collected are the _gomuti_, _cocoa-nut_, _palmyra_, _date_, and the _kittul_ (_Caryota urens_). When newly drawn the liquor is clear, and in taste resembles malt. In a very short time it becomes turbid, whitish, and sub-acid, quickly running into the various stages of fermentation, and acquiring an intoxicating quality.