WORONETZ. 
a steep mound or bank of which it has been r ” 
built. It lies in the fifty-fourth degree of north- ' — ■ 
ern latitude. The vineyards of Europe termi- 
nate many degrees nearer to the equator, and 
yet the wild vine flourishes at IVoronetz. The 
inhabitants neglect its cultivation; importing 
their wine, at a great expense, from the country 
of the Don Cossacks , from Greece, and from the 
Crimea. It frequently happens in the province 
of Champagne, in France, that the grapes do not 
attain their maturity ; sugar is then used as a 
substitute in the preparation of the Champagne 
wine \ At Woronelz, where every facility for 
(3) The Champagne wine has been imitated in England, w ith success, 
by using gooseberries before they ripen, and by supplying the want of 
the saccharine acid with loaf-sugar. If the process he properly at- 
tended to, there is very little difference. Both are artificial compounds. 
The common Champagne wine drunk in this country is made with green 
grapes and sugar. The imitation of it, with green gooseberries and 
sugar, is full as salutary, and frequently as palatable. (Note to the 
First Edition.) Since this Mote appeared, a French translation of these 
Travels has been published at Paris, with Additional Notes “par le 
Tradueteur.” Alluding to these observations respecting the Cham- 
pagne wine, he says, “ C’est sans doute par un sentiment de patriot- 
isme, et. pour degoftter ses compatriotes du vin de Champagne, que 
leDocteur Clarke se permet de basarder de parcilles assertions. Croit- 
>1 que le fill de Champagne sc fasse avee du sucre et des raisins verts ou 
des groseilles, et qu'un semblable melange puisse passer, memc cn 
Angleterrc, pour un analogue des vins d' A'f et d'EpcmaiV * 
It so happens, that the author's information respecting the Cham- 
pagne wine does not at all depend upon any conjectures he may have 
formed : it is the result of inquiries which he made upon the spot, and 
of positive communication, (relative to the chemical constituents “des 
