THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 147 



from the stock which was supplied by 

 Monsieur Hubert from Mery. 



Monsieur Hubert attributed its maladie 

 to the dehcate and superior quahty of 

 this wine, which was so suddenly affected 

 by the sea- voyage and change of climate. 

 I have no doubt the wine is good to this 

 day, and very palatable, but I very much 

 question if it has ever regained its original 

 flavour and excellence. 



It is possible that many of my readers 

 have never tasted the second growth of 

 champagne wine, the petit vin, or tisanne, 

 as it is termed by the natives ; this truly 

 delicious beverage can never be procured 

 out of the wine country, for it will not 

 bear the carriage even up to Paris ; but 

 it is worth a pilgrimage to Champagne 

 to partake of ; for I know not a more 

 delicious or refreshing draught to the 

 thirsty and wearied sportsman than this 

 cooling and effervescing thin potation 

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