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tion, and when they arrive there, the colder the cellar the 

 better. 



It is from these causes that the rich and prosperous city of 

 Liege is so justly celebrated for the excellent Burgundy that 

 is to be had sometimes in its hostels, and always, if you are 

 fortunate enough to partake of the hospitality of its wealthy 

 inhabitants. The wine floats softly down the Meuse from 

 the vineyard where it was made, to the cellar of the con- 

 sumer, where it probably remains some twenty years, in a 

 state of peaceful and undisturbed repose that is hardly 

 broken when gently removed in its wicker berceau by the 

 hands of the owner himself, as the noblest oblation on the 

 shrine of friendship, and the worthiest offering he can place 

 before a beloved and honoured guest. Of all the various 

 products of the grapes of Burgundy, I consider Romance by 

 far the most delicate (although many may prefer Clos de 

 Yaugeofc, Chambertin, &c.), and the one that can only be 

 drunk to perfection in the localities I have enumerated. 



September was now drawing to a close, and having not 

 only exhausted the different amusements that Eneilles 

 afforded, but also a very fair proportion of my host's 

 Romance and champagne, I proposed to return to Huy. I 

 met him once only since that period, when I dined with 

 him at " Phillipe's," in Paris, in 1844. A short time sub- 

 sequently, upon his return to Eneilles, he was missing one 

 night, after having gone out to dinner in the neighbourhood, 

 and having been expected to return. The next day his body 

 was found in shallow water lower down the river, with contu- 

 sions and marks of blows on the head. Every endeavour was 

 made, not only by the Belgian authorities, but also by his 

 noble relatives in England, to discover the cause of his 

 death, but without success, and it still remains a mystery, 

 probably only to be cleared up when all other mysteries will 

 be revealed. 



