88 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 that grafs it is the fame : it will thrive upon. 

 the fides of the fharpeft hills, where nothing 

 but rock and ftone are to be feen. 



In the vineyards of Champagne they 

 make two diftindtions in the forts of vines, 

 the tall and the low vines -, the foils not 

 abfolutely proper are fuch as they ufually 

 plant for tall vines -, the growth is about five 

 or fix feet high, but the low vines do not 

 exceed a yard. The tall vines yield the- 

 greateft quantity ; but the low ones, wine 

 of the beft quality. 



In planting a vineyard, they chufe the 

 months of November or March for the 

 work. The method of doing it, is by a 

 hoe or fhovel, with which he opens a drill, 

 at the diilance the planter defigns his rows. 

 Another way is, to make holes at the dif- 

 tances the plants are to be fet, in the mode 

 of hillocking a hop-ground. My friend 

 gave me a long account of the manner of 

 drefling vines after the firft planting ; but 

 the variations are fuch as would not be in- 

 telligible out of a wine country. Befides a 

 continued feries of pruning, &c. they give 

 what they call three dreffings a year to the 

 foil, which is three diggings, fomething 



like. 



