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about three inches long. Lay a little of the mixture in the Cc 2 centre, close over the pastry, turn the cake over, flatten it out in the middle. Brush over with sugar, and bake in rather a quick oven. Serve warm. LEMON BISCUITS. ^ lb. Flour 1 3 oz. Dripping . . . . J ' 1 teaspoonful Baking Powder . • 1 ^ 3 oz. Sugar J ' 1 Lemon \d, lEgg Id. Total Cost— 4(?. Time— 10 Minutes. Rub the dripping into the flour, stir in the sugar and baking powder, and grate over the rind of the lemon. Beat up the egg and strain in the lemon juice ; add these to the dry ingredients, mix into a stiff dough, and knead for a few minutes. Roll out, cut into small biscuits, and bake in a quick oven for about ten minutes. Id. \d. } ¥■ Id. YORKSHIRE TEA CAKES. fib. Flour Ud. lEgg . . 1| gills Milk . ' 1 tablespoonful Yeast ^ tablespoonful Sugar 1 oz. Butter Total Cost — 5d. Time — One Hour and a Quarter. Rub the butter and flour together, make a well in the centre, sprinkle in the sugar, and drop in the egg. ]\Iix the yeast and sugar in a basin, make the milk just tepid, and pour it over the yeast. Strain into the flour and egg and work into a light dough, divide into two parts. Rub a little butter over two small tins, and put one cake in each tin. Cover with thin paper, and stand the tins near the stove for an hour, or until they have risen to at least three times their original size ; then bake in a quick oven for fifteen minutes. tServe either plain, or toasted and buttered. TEA CAKE. 1 lb. Flour i pint Milk 2 oz. Butter 1 Egg ... . 2 teaspoonsful Baking Powder 1 teaspoonful Sugar . 2d. Id. Id. JHd. Total Cost— 7rf. Time— 20 Minutes. Eub the butter into the flour, stir in the sugar and baking powder. Beat up the egg and milk, and mix the dry ingredients into a dough with them ; divide into two pieces and form each into a flat cake. Cut lightly across into four with a knife, put on to a buttered tin, and bake twenty minutes. Cut open, butter, and serve. ( 407 ) Ablutkm — the skin and the Ijath . Adelaide and South Australia, climate of . Adelaide, temperature of . Advantages of pyjamas Advantages of woollen under-garments Age, tobacco in middle Agreeable qualities of fruits Alphabetical pentagon of health for Australia American oysters .... American fish .... An excellent philanthropic opportunity Anglo-Saxon heredities Anglo-Saxon heredities versus climate Anti-scorbutic properties of fruits . Applications for the hair . Apple fritters .... Apples and rice .... Apples and tapioca Artichoke soup .... Artichokes, to boil .... Atmosphere, humidity of . Australian alphabetical pentagon of health Australian capitals, temperatures of Australian climate, equability of . Australia, consumption of tolxicco in Australian cookery deplorable Australia, defective fish supply of Australia, difficulty of introducing the tomato into Australia, enormous consumption of meat in 37, 38 9,10 6, 163 Australia, enormous consumption of tea in Australia, extra allowance of sleep required in