Ingredients. - Four ounces of Scotch barley. Four ounces of sliced onion. Four ounces of dripping. Three ounces of bacon. Four ounces of oatmeal. Pepper and salt. Five quarts of liquor.

Time required, about two hours.

To make "Dr. Kitchener's Broth ";

1. Take four ounces of Scotch barley, wash it well, and let it soak in a basin of cold water for two hours.

2. Put five quarts of liquor into a saucepan, and put it on the fire to boil.

3. Take two or three onions, peel them, and cut them in slices. (There should be about four ounces)

4. Drain off the barley and put it and the onions into the liquor, and let it boil gently for one hour.

5. Put three ounces of bacon into another saucepan, with two ounces of clarified dripping.

6. Put the saucepan on the fire to fry the bacon brown.

7. Then add, by degrees, four ounces of oatmeal, stirring it well until it is a paste.

8. Now stir in, by degrees, the broth, and season it with pepper and salt according to taste.

9. Move the saucepan to the side of the fire, and let it simmer gently for at least half an hour.

10. For serving, pour the broth into a hot soup-tureen or basin.