Ingredients. - Three ounces of rice. One inch of cinnamon-stick. Sugar. Time required, about one hour.

To make Mice - Water:

1. Take three ounces of rice and wash it well in two or three waters.

2. Take a stewpan with one quart of warm water.

3. Put the stewpan on the fire to boil.

4. When the water is quite boiling, put in the rice, and one inch of the stick of cinnamon, and let it boil for one hour, until the rice has become a pulp.

5. Then take the stewpan off the fire and strain the rice-water into a basin, and sweeten it according to taste.

N. B. - When cold, it is ready for use. 14