FRANCE. i2i 



of St. Thiery, Verzcnay, &c. they call via 

 de la montagne ; the latter are the fined, 

 and bring the higheft prices in all foreign 

 markets, but the produce of the others is 

 the greateft. The foil in all the tradl upon 

 this river is exceedingly rich, though dry 

 but not fo dry as the country to the north 

 about Rheims. All the territory of the 

 Marne is extremely populous, more fo than 

 any part of France 1 had yet travelled : the 

 villages are large, full of people, and the 

 country fpread with detached cottages ; the 

 yineyards are numerous, and fome of them 

 large ; but the number of little ones, the 

 property of the labourers, who arc vine- 

 dreflers by profeflion, are very great ; trads 

 of corn-land are intermixed with the vine- 

 yards, which gives the whole country a 

 rich and pleating appearance. Good vine- 

 yards yield a produce, in middling yer.rs, 

 of four pieces, or four and a half, per acre. 

 My landlord, the vigneron, has received 

 from his own the following produce : 



2 pieces, fold at 81. .1600 



2 ditto, at 4!. i os. 900 



I ditto - - - * 3 



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upon 



