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 the numerous forefts in every part of it are 

 the great affiftants of thefe. Nor are all 

 thefe circumftances of care and expence fuf- 

 ficient. A proprietor of a considerable vine- 

 yard, who would make a good profit, muft 

 have excellent cellars ; for a very great ad- 

 vantage in this culture is, to be able to 

 keep, from a cheap, to a dear year. 'Ac- 

 cordingly the men of fortune in this coun- 

 try have as fine cellaring as any in the, 

 world. 



I was particularly attentive to enquire of 

 him what was the ufual produce of a good 

 acre of vines, and the account he gave was 

 this : the vineyard of twenty-fix acres, of 

 which he had the care, yielded, five years 

 ago, a produce, per acre, of four pieces, 

 each piece twenty-eight gallons, which fold 

 as follows ; 



1. s. d. 



Two pieces, at eleven guineas * 23 20 

 One piece, at 81. 800 



One piece, at 4!. los. 4100 



The 



* This is 8s. a gallon. 



