WINE. 



The following Table has been given by Mr. Brande, 

 reprefenting the quantity by meafure of alcohol, fp. 

 gr. .825, contained in difFerent wines, and other fermented 

 liquors. The wines were all genuine. 



Proportion of 



Spirit per Ceiit, 



by Meafure. 



- - - - 26.47 



, LifTa 

 Ditto 



Raifin wine 

 Ditto - 

 Ditto 



Marfala 

 Ditto - 



Port 



Ditto - 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Madeira 



Ditto 



Ditto (Sercial) 



Ditto 



Currant wine 



Sherry 



Ditto 



Ditto 



Ditto 



TenerifFe 

 Colares 



Average 



Average 



Average 



Average 



Average 



Average 



8. 



9- 

 10. Lacryma Chrifti 



Conllantia white 



Ditto red 



Lifbon 



Malaga kept fince 1 666 



Bucellas 



Madeira red - 



Ditto ... 



Cape Mufchat 

 Cape Madeira 

 Ditto 

 Ditto - 



Grape wine 



Calcavella 



Ditto 



Average 



Average 



Average 



26, 



Vidonia 

 Alba flora 



Malaga . . . 

 White hermitage 



RoufiUon . . . 



Ditto . . . . 

 Average 



Claret Chateau Margot - 



Ditto . . . - 



Ditto Lafite . - . 



24-35 

 25.41 

 26.40 

 25.77 

 23.20 

 25.12 

 26.30 

 25.05 

 25.09 



25-83 

 24.29 

 23.71 



*3-39 

 22.30 

 21.40 

 19.00 

 22.96 

 24.42 



23.93 

 21.40 

 19.24 

 22.27 

 20.55 

 19.81 

 19.83 



18.79 

 18.25 

 19.17 

 19.79 



19-75 

 19.70 



19-75 

 18.92 

 18.94 

 18.94 

 18.49 

 22.30 

 18.40 

 20.35 

 18.25 

 22.94 

 «o.50 

 18. II 

 20.51 

 18.11 

 19.20 

 18.10 

 18.65 

 19.25 

 17.26 

 17.26 



17-43 

 19.00 



17.26 

 18.13 

 17.11 

 16.32 

 14.08 



On the Ufes of Wine in a Dietetic and Medicinal Point of 

 yiew. — Mankind in every ftage of civilization and fociety 

 betray a propenfity for fermented liquors. This indeed is 

 fo ftrongly marked, that fome have been induced to confider 

 it as the refult of an inftinftive faculty, and confequently 

 have been led to fuppofe that fermented liquors are the pro- 

 per and natural drink of the human race. Others, on the 

 contrary, have contended that fermented liquors are of no 

 real ufe to mankind, and are often even prodnftive of mych 



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