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West India Bay Rum

Take 2 pounds of leaves of the myrtus acris, 1/2 same manner as the extract of ginger, pouring pound cardamoms, 2 ounces cassia, 1½ ounces cloves, and 9 quarts rum. Distill 1½ gallons.

Bay rum may be colored with tincture of saffron, or with a mixture of equal parts caramel (see No. 694) and tincture of turmeric.

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