THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 9 



lacustrine remains, evidence of both wild 

 and cultivated grapes. 



The Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans of 

 old, appear to have all realised the civilising 

 influence of viticulture. Wherever they 

 obtained a sufficiently secure footing in a 

 new country, they taught the " Barbar- 

 ians " to plant and tend vines. In more 

 modern times, the same policy has been 

 followed by the early Christian missionaries 

 who, wherever they went and whenever 

 they were able to build a Church or a 

 Monastery as a permanent abode, taught 

 the heathens the gentle art of viticulture. 

 Some of the choicest vineyards of France 

 and Germany retain to this day names 

 recalling their ecclesiastical origin. In 

 Britain, too, it was the early Christian 

 priests who taught the Saxons how to grow 

 vines where no other crop could be raised 

 and, under their guidance, vineyards were 



