ORIGIN OF WORD "GROG."

Admiral Vernon was the first to require his men to drink their spirits mixed with water. In bad weather he was in the habit of walking the deck in a rough grogram cloak, and thence had obtained the nickname of *Old Grog* in the Service. This is, I believe, the origin of the name *grog*, applied originally to *rum* and *water*. I find the same story repeated in a quaint little book, called Pulleyn's *Etymological Compendium*. [A.S. has communicated a similar explanation; and we are obliged to "An old LADY who reads for Pastime" for kindly furnishing us with a reference to a newly published Amer…