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ON THE VINERY. 
care, however, fliould be taken not to injure the roots of the 
Vines j and, therefore, the border fhould not be worked 
deeper than tv/o or three inches. This work is bed: perform- 
ed with a three-pronged fork. , 
Although 
“ nagers in all the country, and, if I pleafed, he would give me a letter to 
“ him, requefting him to give me all the information I defired. 
“ This I readily accepted, and accordingly, when I arofe in the morning, he 
“ had it ready for me. I proceeded to Verzenay, where I inquired for the 
“ Vigneron the landlord at Chalons had wrote to. I was prefently fhewn 
“ his vineyard, with his houfe by the fide of it. He read the letter, and re- 
“ ceived me with a certain air of hofpitable pleafure. 
“ We walked diredtly into his vineyard, which was dunging, in trenches dug 
“ for that purpofe. T.'his introduced a converfation on that point, in which 
“ he explained the modes and principles of dunging vineyards. 
“ The feafon for dunging moft approved here, is diredlly after the vintage, and 
“ to be finifned before the winter fets in. It is all carried in on the heads of 
“ women and children in bafkets. It is of confequence to have a dry feafon 
“ for the work of dunging, othcrwife it is very badly performed. The 
women empty their bafkets in trenches dug for that purpofe, which are 
“ doing at the fame time, and others fpread it in the trenches and cover it 
“ with mould immediately. Thefe trenches vary ; fometimes they are made 
“ along the centre of the intervals, at others they are dug between the plants. 
“ The fort of dung they prefer moft is cow-dung, that is, the cleanings of 
“ the cow-houfes, which are well littered v.itli ftraw or ftubble for that pur- 
« pofe ; Horfe-dung is alfo ufed, but only on ftiff foils. The cleanings of 
“ iheep-per.s, littered, is much valued, and they think the litter of as much 
“ confequence as the dung. The peafants, vine-drefters, inhabitants of vil- 
“ lages, and, in fhort, every body that keeps a fingle cow, takes care of the 
“ majiure, forming it regularly into a heap for fale, and it is bought by the 
“ proprietors 
