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a large proportion of good vegetable mould. An obser- 

 vation made by M. Machon was, that the wines of granitic 

 soils soon acquired their maturity, and were in general 

 very pleasant wines for the consumption of the country 

 where they grew, but seldom kept well. 



Before parting, M. Richard asked me how I had in gene- 

 ral been treated by his countrymen, and he appeared much 

 gratified when I told him that the attentions I had uni- 

 formly met with far exceeded either what I did expect, 

 or had any right to expect. Indeed, I have often reflected 

 how ill placed was the reserve I was advised to use about 

 the objects of my journey, when in the Bourdeaux country 

 in 1822. I was then told, that if these were known, it 

 would excite the greatest jealousy wherever I should go, 

 and that I would be thwarted and misled in every possible 

 way. On the present occasion I had no advisers, and 

 acting upon the impulse of my own disposition, I uniformly 

 prefaced my request for information with a statement of 

 the object for which it was required. So far, however, 

 from having been in any one instance ill-received or mis- 

 led, I have found every person to whom I applied anxious 

 to forward my undertaking. M. Richard expressed a 

 hope, that if I published an account of my journey, I 

 would give his countrymen the credit to which I consi- 

 dered them entitled. 



Wednesday, \^th December, Beaune, — After quitting 

 the vineyards of Hermitage, there was nothing which I 

 was desirous of examining, till my arrival in Burgundy, 

 and I accordingly made the best of my way to this town, 

 which is in the centre of the Cote d'Or. Spending only 

 one day in Lyons, which was still in a state of ferment 

 from the disturbances that had taken place three weeks 

 before, the road from Chalons sur Saone, whence I took 



