258 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



quaffing a fresh supply of light wines, brought up by a party 

 of ragged boys from Herr Gogel's cellars. 



It is a common remark that light German wine is not 

 worth drinking. Bah ! Just try a bottle of real pure juice 

 of the grape, such as any of the vineyards between Coblentz 

 and Mayence produce, after a burning morning's shooting, 

 and not your brandied, burnt-sugared sherry, or any other 

 fiery mixture, and then abuse pure German wine if you have 

 the conscience. 



"Would whisky, would sherry, would, with deep respect 

 be it spoken, even really good ale brewed by such com- 

 manders of the Order of Malt ! as Bass and Allsopp, 

 have produced half the fun that those dozen of green bottles 

 did amongst us 1 We gave it no fine title, it was in fact a 

 simple produce of the country, and took its name from its 

 birth, honest Zwei und veirziger weisse wein. It was both 

 light and good. The effects of so much beer on the joking 

 powers of our party would have been fatal ; as it was, they 

 rolled out thick, and heavy, and ^sometimes very long but 

 time-honoured puns, and slightly improper ballads ; and not 

 until the last morsel of the cold pig had vanished, and the 

 last long neck had been drained, did we proceed on the 

 business of the day. 



Jolly, simple-minded fellows, rejoicing in their short holi- 

 day, revelling in their temporary freedom, with no one to 

 control them, or spy over their words and actions, they 

 chorused manfully 



"Nur wo die geinsen springen 

 Kaun man von die Freiheit singen," 



and refreshed, they bent their steps towards a part of the 

 country which afforded a promise of sport more suited to 

 their inclinations than the hard stubbles over which they 

 Lad been, trying their boots and their tempers in fche 

 morning. 



