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stances, has at least an equal influence with the 

 warmth of the climate, and in some instances a 

 greater, in giving the peculiar grateful qualities, 

 for which some wines are distinguished. Of this 

 several instances are known, where not only the 

 same climate, but in places very near adjacent, 

 from the same Vines, and in the same situation, 

 and aspect to the sun, very different wines are 

 produced, which can be only owing to the soil. 



" From hence it is evident, that good wines 

 may be made in several parts of England, which 

 are within this vinous latitude. 



" The ingenious Mr, Miller shows, from ancient 

 records, that in many parts of England, and par- 

 ticularly near abbeys and monasteries, good wines 

 were made, and that these places are still distin- 

 guished with the name of Vineyards; but how 

 they were rooted up and neglected, there are no 

 clear accounts left. He likewise observes, that 

 an obstinate prejudice has prevailed against making 

 any farther trials, from some improper ones made 

 near London, where the soil is not friendly to the 

 Vines, and where the wines were so injudiciously 

 made, that under the same disadvantages neither 

 those of Italy or France would have succeeded. 

 He, therefore, with his usual modesty and candour, 

 gives his opinion, founded on some trials, which 

 he had seen made, and the instructions he had re- 

 ceived from several persons abroad, who cultivated 

 Vineyards for their own use, and that of their 

 friends, and who have been very exact in observ- 



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