Good Vegetable Mullagatawny

• Butter, 4 oz.
• vegetable marrow, pared and scooped, 3 lbs.
• large mild onions

Dissolve in a large stewpan or thick iron saucepan, four ounces of butter, and when it is on the point of browning, throw in four large mild onions sliced, three pounds weight of young vegetable narrow cut in large dice and cleared from the skin and seeds, four large or six moderate-sized cucumbe