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Scharlachberg near Bingen and the hills near Ingelheim. 

 On the former a lighter wine than the fine Rhinegau 

 growths is produced, but of delicate flavour. At Ingel- 

 heim very pleasant red wine is grown, that is treated in a 

 similar manner to the Assmannshausen. The heights in 

 both these places are considerable and sufficiently steep, 

 but it would appear that the want of radiation from the 

 surface of the Rhine is perceptible on the Hessian side. 

 The vineyards are also more exposed to the north and 

 east winds than those of the Rhinegau. Above Mayenee, 

 near Oppenheim, the traveller again finds good sites and 

 names that he frequently meets with in his way. Nierstein 

 and Laubenheim both lie near Oppenheim. Near Worms 

 he finds the celebrated " Liebfrauenmilch " in the church 

 close of " Our Lady." The vineyard is small, but its 

 produce very delicious. The principal inn at Worms is, 

 however, the worst place at which the Liebfrauenmilch 

 can be asked for. 



Rhenish Hesse (Rhein Hessen) has a greater extent 

 of surface under vines than Nassau, but the value of the 

 produce is very different in the two countries. The 

 total area is 27,842 morgens, of which 2773 morgens 

 fall to Bingen and 4741 to Oberingelheim. Oppenheim 

 has 6247 morgens. In the Rhenish province of Bavaria, 

 or the " Palatinate," the area is still greater. The vines 

 cover in that province 33,048 morgens, or 20,000 acres. 

 These vineyards are not visible from the Rhine, the banks 

 above Oppenheim being flat, and varied only by undu- 

 lating hills like those near Worms. From Oppenheim 

 the heights stretch westward from the river to the Mont 

 Tonnere, or Donnersberg, the chief mountain-chain that 

 stretches onward and seems to join the Vosges. The 



