INDEX. 



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Vines National Collection of, in the Botanic Garden of Montpelier, 85. 



closeness and feebleness of those of Burgundy, 123. 



extreme closeness and feebleness of those of Champagne, 131. 



Vineyards of Xeres, descriptions of, 6, 11, 14, 23; estimate of their extent 



produce, and value, ibid. 

 Malaga, description of, 39; value of, 50. 



— Rousillon, description of, 66 et seq. ; quantity and value of their 



produce, 68. 



-— — Rivesaltes exceedingly stony, 78. 



Collioure and Port Vendre terraced, 74. 



Hermitage, 107. 



Burgundy, 116. 



Champagne, 127; great importance of a southern exposure, 128. 



Burgundy and Champagne, much injured by the winter of 



1829, 130; striking examples of the effects of industry and skill, 131. 

 celebrity, limited extent of, proverbial, 133; to what attributable, 



ibid. 



Weevil, scarcely known in the South of Spain, 31. 



Wines, not allowed by law to be sold for consumption in the South of Spain 



till twelve months old, 26. 

 dry of reputation, believed to be always produced in calcareous soils, 



131; striking illustration of this at Hermitage, 132. 

 ■ sweet, qualities of, more owing to the kind of grape, and the mode 



of making, than to the soil, 132. 

 boiled, what it is, 4 ; used to give body and colour to thin and light 



coloured wines at Xeres, ibid ; gives the brown colour to Mountain 



Malaga, 52. 

 Wine Cellars of Xeres very extensive, 2. 



• very remarkable subterranean, at Rheims, 125. 



Wine Presses, Spanish, of very rude construction, 8 ; description of a very 



complete one at Tournon, 104. 

 Wool, curious fact relative to the export of, from Spain, 36. 



Xeres de la Frontera, one of the richest tows of Spain, 2 ; owes its wealth to 

 the excellence of the wine grown in its vicinity, 5. 



