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been cut, but in the later houses the glorious bunches hung as we 

 might suppose them to have done at Eschol, though with so little 

 help of man there, and under the sunny sky of Palestine instead of 

 the cloudy, humid heaven of South Wales. To figure and describe 

 some of these houses would be no contribution to the subject of 

 grapes for the million ; but I mention tlie foregoing particulars in 

 order to secure the fullest attention of the liumble class of grape 

 growers to the plan which accompanies these remarks. "We had 

 almost finished our tour of inspection, when we were ushered into 

 this little vinery, then in the full splendour of an extraordinary crop 

 of Black Hamburghs. Though we had been for hours exploring an 

 extraordinary place, an exclamation of surprise and delight escaped 

 from both of us when we approached the open door of this house, 

 and saw within a perspective of forty feet of jet black bunches 

 sloping down on either hand in a continuous sheet of huge green 



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leaves, that made a sort of firmament above the grapes. Compared 

 with other houses in the garden this was but a toy or a shed, and 

 the better as an example of what may be done without the aid of a 

 princely fortune. We tasted the grapes, and agreed at once that we 

 had never met with finer samples ; the berries and the bunches were 

 large ; in colour they were perfectly finished, and the appearance of 

 the house as to the beauty of the display, was by no means inferior 

 to that presented by the grandest ranges in the place. 



The figure is on a scale of 4 feet to 1 inch. The house is 40 feet 

 long, IG feet wide, and 10 feet high to the ridge. There is nothing 

 at all peculiar in its construction, and it happens to be one of the 

 oldest vineries in the garden. The door is in the usual place at A, 

 and on either side there are borders, B and c. But these borders are 

 constructed to render the appearance of the house more complete 



