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enter into this debate ; and, indeed, it may seem suf- 

 ficient to observe, that good wines are constantly 

 made in a part of Germany, which is under the 

 same parallel of latitude with many counties in 

 the southern part of England ; and that, where 

 the situation and soil are proper for Vines, the 

 lands cannot possibly be more beneficially em- 

 ployed than by being converted into vineyards. d 



the convent made wine of them, and sometimes not, and then 

 they converted them into verjuice, just as it is in Derbyshire, 

 where grapes, growing on the South wall of an house, will, in 

 a hot summer, come to maturity, and be very good ; but, in a 

 very wet or cold season, will never be fit for the table. Secondly, 

 that these passages all taken together, it is impossible to un- 

 derstand them of any thing else than a true or proper vineyard, 

 as they never can be interpreted either of an apple-orchard or a 

 currant-garden. 



Those who wish to go further into this matter may consult 

 the Gentleman's Magazine, 1775, p. 513, and 1786, p. 918 ; also 

 Archaeologia Soc. Antiq. London, 5, p. 309. 



d " I was particularly attentive to inquire of him * what were 

 the usual produce of a good acre of Vines, and the account he 

 gave was this : — The vineyard of twenty-six acres, of which he 

 had the care, yielded five years ago a produce, per acre, of four 

 pieces, each piece twenty-eight gallons, which sold as follows : 



£ s. d. 



Two pieces at eleven guineas f - - 23 2 



One piece at 81, - - - - - 8 



One piece at 41. 10s. A 10 



35 12 



* The Vigneron. 

 -j- This is 8s. a gallon. 



