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some great downs, the soil of which is chiefly 

 composed of silicious gravel and is some- 

 times of a calcareous nature. 



The principal vineyards of the Mdoc, as 

 one leaves Bordeaux and proceeds towards 

 the Bay of Biscay, lie in the districts of 

 Ludon, Macau and Labarde, and on to Can- 

 tenac and Margaux, from the stony and 

 gravelly soil of which are produced some of 

 the most delicate and refined of all Clarets. 



After passing through some few miles of 

 flat country where richer alluvial soil is 

 to be met and a somewhat poorer quality 

 of wine is made, one comes to the Vine- 

 yards of St. Laurent, and the more famous 

 district of St. Julien, in which L^oville, 

 Larose and many other fine growths are 

 situated. From there, one passes into the 

 Pauillac district, where are to be found 

 some of the finest Vineyards in all the 

 Medoc, Here, near the old-fashioned 



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