Orange Cordial

Take 12 Oranges and 3/4 lb. lump sugar. Put the sugar into a clean saucepan. Grate off the rinds of 6 oranges and sprinkle over the sugar. Now moisten the sugar with as much water as it will absorb. Boil gently to a clear syrup. Add the juice from the oranges, stir well, and pour into clean, hot, dry bottles. Cork tightly and cover with sealing-wax or a little plaster-of-Paris mixed with water and laid on quickly. Add any quantity preferred to cold or hot water to prepare beverage, or use neat as sauce for puddings.