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size of the preceding, and the whole bunch so small aa 

 to form but a single mouth-full. Another singular kind, 

 which, however, seldom comes to perfection, is the Cor- 

 nichon* the berries of which are sometimes three times 

 as long as they are broad, and very peculiar in form, 

 having one side convex, so as to resemble capsicums 

 rather than ordinary grapes. 



The varieties of wine grapes grown in the south of Eu- 

 rope are too numerous for any attempt to be made here 

 to particularize them, though a passing word may be 

 given to the Teinturier or Dyer Vine, a few of which are 

 grown in most vineyards in France in order to give colour 

 to the wine when other sorts prove deficient in that quality* 

 The leaves of this variety become quite crimson by the 

 time that the grapes are ripe, so that it may be distin- 

 guished at a distance among its verdant kindred, and the 

 tlesh and juice of the berries are of so deep and engrained 

 a red that a few of them suffice to tinge a large quantity 

 of wine. Another kind, the JBourdelas or Verjus, being 

 intensely sour while green, is never allowed to ripen, but 

 its large berries are made to yield their juice, to be used 

 instead of vinegar or lemon-juice for sauces, drinks, and 

 medical purposes. Other wine grapes are also sometimes 

 made into verjuice while green, and when ripe are also 

 eaten by the poorer classes instead of dessert grapes, 

 being sometimes sold in the streets of Paris as low as 

 Id. per Ib. 



The marc or residue left after wine-pressing is mostly 

 used to make a thin beverage called piquette, but "before 

 serving this purpose," says a French author, thus suggest- 

 ing the delicate idea that the one use would still not pre- 

 vent the other, "it is often used for baths." Carried at 

 once to cellars or other places, he describes it as being 

 left in heaps till as hot as the hand can bear, when a hole 

 is made, and the patient either gets in entirely, or inserts 

 the limb which requires bathing if the application is to 

 be only local. In the former case the bath must only be 

 taken in a place with a current of air blowing through it, 



See Plate IV., fig. 4. 



