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The next year's produce was, 



1. s. d. 



Two pieces, at 12!. 24 o o 

 Two pieces, at 9!. 1800 



One piece 5 o o 



47 o 



Another year's produce of his own vine- 

 yard was as follows : 



L 8. d. 



Three pieces, at 9!. 2700 



One piece 5 o o 



32 o o 



In general, the produce varies between 

 30!. and 50!. In fome favourable fpots, 

 highly managed, and in a good feafon, a 

 produce of from 6ol. to 70!. an acre has 

 been known. 



As to the expences they arc not fo eafily 

 calculated ; for I could not get him to be 

 explicit, nor did I clearly underftand all 

 his terms. But the leaft attention is fuffi- 

 cient to (hew that they mud run amazingly 

 high; for the labour in pruning, drefling, 



gathering, 



