76 TRAVELS THROUGH 



CHAP. III. 



Chalons Common Hujbandry Full Acco un t 

 of the famous Vineyards ofVerzenay, &c. 

 Expences, Produce, and Profit Obfer Ca- 

 tions Comparifon ivith common H-uJban- 

 dry. 



IT was the evening of the 25th before I 

 reached Chalons, which is a very pretty 

 town, upon the Marne. I went to the 

 Silver Lion, where I received the beft en- 

 tertainment, and the civileft treatment, of 

 any inn fince I entered France. Indeed, 

 they charge pretty high ; but this is to be 

 forgiven, in a country where you are gene- 

 rally both fleeced and ftarved. Here it was 

 recefTary to determine my future route 

 through Champagne, as I wanted much to 

 view the vineyards which produce the fa- 

 mous wine of that province, and was en- 

 tirely ignorant what road to take for that 

 purpofe. My landlord informed me, that 



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