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delectable so that there is no knowne 

 reason why as good wine may not be 

 made in those parts, as well as in Bor- 

 deaux in France : being under the same 

 degree. It is a great pittie no man sets 

 upon such a venture, whereby he might 

 in small time inrich himselfe, and bene- 

 fit the Countrey, I know nothing which 

 doth hinder but want of skilful men to 

 manage such an imployment : For the 

 countrey is hot enough, the ground good 

 enough, and many convenient hills which 

 lye toward the south Sunne, as if they 

 were there placed for the purpose." l 



This lack of success was also evidently 

 due to their inexperience in the business 

 and to the necessity of depending upon 

 their own exertions, and without proper 

 advice. In the letter of instructions from 

 the Company to Bndicott and his Coun- 

 cil, in 1629, the matter in question is thus 

 mentioned. "We take notice that you 

 desire to have Frenchmen sent you that 

 might be experienced in making of salt 

 1 Wood's New England Prospect, p. 19. 

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