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4. Lissa, dark red, very strong, the strongest of all 

 wines. S.Morea, red perfumed. 6. Nupoli Malmsey. 

 7. Malmsey of Mount Ida in Candia. 8. Nectar of Can- 

 dia, exquisite, delicate sweet. 9. Samos, sweet and acid 

 white. \Q. Nectar of Scio, sweet astringent. 11. Scio, 

 nale red, fine. 12. Tenedos, like Medoc. 13. Tenedos, 

 red Muscat. 14. Sanlorin,, very sweet and agreeable, 

 but sulphurous. 15. Pilch wine, brown, with the taste of 

 tar. 16. Holy ivine, very fine. 17. Cyprus, sweet per- 

 fumed, red when young, yellow when old, similar to 

 Malaga, a fine cordial and stomachic. 



Asiatic Wines. I.Smyrna, red, strong, fine. 2. ^s- 

 iracan, red. similar to Lacrima. 3. Caspian, like Mo- 

 selle. 4. Cas/jfan, Champaigne. 5.Kmna, red light thin. 



6. Tartary, strong, made very intoxicating by poppies. 



7. Tiflis, tine wine made from wild grapes! 8. Armenian, 

 red and white, fine strong. 9. Syrian Claret. 10. Da- 

 mascus, golden dry. \\. Lebanon, thick perfumed red. 

 12. Gold wine, yellow, from Syria. 13. Jerusalem, white 

 "•ood. 14. Sana in Arabia, good. 15. Shiraz, red harsh, 

 hio-h flavor. \6. Nectar of Shiraz, \\\\\{q sweet, strong 

 pel-fumed. IT. Ispahan, white fine. 18. Tabriz, red and 

 white, many kinds. 19. Shirvan, red like best claret. 

 29. c^g-Qrt, Vunilar. 21. Many wines in Bukaria, Thibet 

 and China, hardly known. 



African Wines. 1. Jews wine, red, good. 2. Berber, 

 white, fine. ^. Madeira or nrfon-o, dry, strong, yellow, 

 flavor of bitter almonds. 4. Bagoal of Mijdeira, sweeter. 

 S.Pingo, Malmsey of Madeira, exquisite. 6. Tinto of Ma- 

 deira,°ed, perfumed, austere, useful in dysentery. T.Ca- 

 nary, white, similar to Lisbon. 8. Vidonia of Teneriffe, 

 similar to Madeira when old. 9.Gomer, white, sharp, lim- 

 pid as water, flavor of Madeira. iO. Palma, yellow, 

 liMit dry. \\. Palma Malmsey, f\a\ or of Pine apple. 

 12. Fayal, white, thin, strong.' 15. tSzorian, pale red, 

 like light Port. 14. Constantia, red, highly perfumed, 

 sweet. 15. Cape or Henapop, less perfumed. 16. Stotiy, 

 dry like Graves. IT. Rota, red, strong. These 4 last from 

 • the Cape of Good Hope. 



vSouTH American Wines. Only made in Qhili, Cuyo, 

 Tucuman, &c. little known, similar to Catalonia, pale 

 red. In the Andes of'Pcru wine is also made, but weak 



