1791. TRAVELLING MEMORANDUMS. I95 



London. As a fpecimen, I fct down the following note 

 of wines, now fent to me. 



Burgundy, one dozen, at four livres 



pe7- bottie, 

 Thiee bottles vin de Grave, at three 



livres per bottle. 

 Three bottles vin dc Chables, at fifteen 



fous per bottle, 



jA.raounting to two louis d'ors, fourteen 



livres, and five fous, - 625 



The z'in de Grave is the white wine of our faTourite 

 Bourdeaux or Claret, very pleafant and falutary, though 

 I know jiot if it is at all i: ported to our country. 

 Tiie fmall wine called Shables is a white Burgundy, 

 very relrefhing, and ferves, I think, with advantage, 

 for fmall beer — I was happy to meet with a country- 

 man, and very old acquamtance, Chevalier Macgre- 

 gor — To him I owe a great Ihare of the amufements, 

 comforts, and information I have enjoyed, during my 

 refidence here. At an unlucky and early period of his 

 life, he was obliged to retire from his native country. 

 He engaged in tlie French fervice, and has dillinguiflied 

 himfelf, little to his advantage, though honoured with. 

 a ba.lge of merit. If he could have reconciled himfelf 

 to make a profeffion of the Catholic religion, his ad- 

 vancements in the fervice would certainly have beea 

 conliderable. 



24th September. This day I entertained a fmall and 

 choice party of friends at la Rape, near the Boulevards, 

 and on the fide of the river — It is a houfe in high 

 •vogue for drclTiug a luxurious difli, called Matellot — 

 It is a kind of filh Oho, compofed of eels, carp, &.c. 

 with a high fealoned and favoury fuuce — 1 own 1 have 

 a vulgar tafte, and like what in Scotland we call filli 

 and fauce, if well made, much belter — We had otlier 



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