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growth of vines ; but hitherto no attention has CHA1> - 
been paid to his advice. The delicious wine of 1 — v — 
the territory of the Don Cossacks is sold here,, 
but at very high prices. They serve it with a 
plate of ice, a piece of which is put into each 
glass when the wine is drunk. It is light and 
pleasant, effervescing like the wine of Cham- 
pagne, but having more the flavour of Burgundy. 
Peter the Great endeavoured to establish harden of 
Pete >* the 
a Botanic Garden in the neighbourhood of JVoro- Great - 
netz, upon a very grand scale. This we visited; 
and found a complete wilderness of oaks and 
other forest-trees, the underwood growing so 
thick under the larger trees as to render a 
passage through it impracticable. This garden 
was expressly formed for the growth of use- 
ful plants, fruit-trees, vegetables, and what- 
soever else might be found likely to answer 
the purposes of culture in such a climate : 
but after all the pains bestowed upon its insti- 
tution, it fell into neglect ; like many other de- 
signs calculated by that wise monarch for the 
benefit ot his people, when his power ceased of 
enforcing the care of them. Gmelin relates', 
that, in his time, the Governor of IVoronetz 
exerted all possible means to restore this garden 
(l) Journal des Savans Voyagcurs, p. 114. 
