In our use of the word, _toddy_ seems to mean nothing more than spirit and water sweetened, with the occasional addition of lemon peel. _Whiskey toddy_ is the common and favourite species, though there are also _apple_, _gin_, and _brandy toddies_. _Toddy_ differs from grog in being always made with boiling water, but this distinction is not universally maintained, nor, indeed, used by the best authors. _Whiskey_ is probably the “vulgar” kind alluded to by Anstey in his _Pleader’s Guide_, Lect. 7. “First count’s for that with divers jugs, To wit, twelve pots, twelve cups, twelve mugs, Of certain vulgar drink called _toddy_, Said Gull did sluice said Gudgeon’s body.” The names of American drinks form an amusing study. Passing over the well known sleepers, sifters, flosters, knickerbockers, ching-chings, Alabama fog-cutters and thunderbolt cocktails, the lightning smashes and eye-openers of Connecticut, the corpse revivers, the Mother Shiptons and the Maiden’s Prayers, we propose to give a list of some of the most remarkable titles, with receipts added, to satisfy the appetite of any who care to compound them. _A Yard of Flannel._ _A yard of flannel_, otherwise called _egg flip_.—Boil a quart of ale in a tinned saucepan. Beat up yolks of four with the whites of two eggs. Add four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar and a _soupçon_ of nutmeg. Pour on this by degrees the hot ale, taking care to prevent mixture from curdling. Pour back and forward repeatedly, raising the hand as high as possible. This produces the frothing and smoothness essential to the goodness of the drink. It is called _a yard of flannel_ from its fleecy appearance. _White Tiger’s Milk_ (à la Thomas Dunn English, Esq.). Half a gill apple jack, ½ gill peach brandy, ½ teaspoonful aromatic tincture,[102] white of an egg well beaten. Sweeten with white sugar to taste. Pour the mixture into 1 quart of milk, stir well, and sprinkle with nutmeg. This receipt will make a quart of the compound. _Bottled Velvet_ (à la Sir John Bayley). A bottle of Moselle, ½ a pint of sherry, small quantity of lemon peel, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Well mix, add a sprig of verbena, strain, and ice. _Stone Fence._ One wine glass of whiskey (Bourbon), 2 small lumps of ice. Use large bar-glass, and fill up with sweet cider. _Sleeper._ To a gill of old rum add 1 ounce of sugar, 2 yolks of eggs, and the juice of half a lemon. Boil ½ a pint of water with 6 cloves, 6 coriander seeds, and a bit of cinnamon. Whisk all together, and strain into a tumbler. _Rumfustian._ Whisk yolks of a dozen eggs, and put into a quart of beer and a pint of gin. Put a bottle of sherry into a saucepan, with a stick of cinnamon, a grated nutmeg, a dozen lumps of sugar, and the thin rind of a lemon. When the wine boils, pour it on gin and beer, and drink hot. _Bimbo Punch._