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boiling them in water, the production of wine can go on the 

 whole year round, just as it is the case with the renowned 

 Hungarian wines. The trade is very much simplified by this 

 method, and a heavy expenditure on casks, &c., is saved by it. 

 To arrive at the conclusion, the following advice is given : — 

 1. Plant new vines next month (June) from good cuttings, 

 avoiding the Isabel. 2. Do not neglect your sugarcane. 3. 

 Learn the art of distilling. 



ON SOME ABANDONED GOLDFIELDS OF THE OLD 



WORLD. 



By F. H. DODGSON 



(Communicated by E. L. Jack, F.G.S.) 



[Read before the Eoijal Societ;/ of Queensland, June 8, 1895.] 



It is quite certain that large quantities of gold were won by the 

 nations of antiquity. Enormous quantities were brought to 

 Jerusalem in the reign of Solomon, a thousand years before 

 Christ, and abundant evidence can be adduced of its common 

 use among the ancient Persians, Greeks, Eomans, and inhabi- 

 tants of Asia Minor. None of the fields whence these large 

 supplies were drawn are now being worked, though it is probable 

 that they would all prove remunerative if they were reopened 

 and attacked with modern appliances. The sources of Solomon's 

 supplies are, and probably will always remain, doubtful. The 

 Romans derived some of their gold from diggings in Italy, as 

 may be learned from Virgil (Georgics, book 2, line 166), and 



