O N V I N E Y A R D S. 189 
In this purfuit there are four things which ought materially 
to be conhdered^ viz. 
ifl;. The fituation — zdly. The foil — 3dly. The kinds of 
Vines which are the moft fitting to be planted — and 
4thly. The mode of their management. 
Fir/l. An elevated fituation, where there is a gentle declivity 
to the South or South Eafi, is efleemed preferable to low 
grounds, which are generally fubjedt to damps and fpring 
frofiis, even at times when the adjoining high grounds are en- 
tirely free from both. 
A Vineyard fhould be well fiaeltered to the North, as alfo to 
the N. W. and N. E. In an hilly country there are generally 
many 
The next year’s produce was, 
£. s. d. 
Two pieces atial. - - - - - - -24 o o 
Two pieces at 9 1 . - - - -- --1800 
One piece - -- -- -- -- -500 
47 o o 
“ In general, the produce varies between 30 and 50 1 . In fome favourable fpots, 
“ highly managed, and in a good feafon, a produce of from 60 to 70 1. an 
“ acre has been known. 
“ As to the expences, they are not fo eafily calculated ; for I could not get 
“ him to be explicit, nor did I clearly underftand all his terms.” 
Travels through France and Spain In the years 1770 and 
By Jcfeph Marjhall, Efq\ vol. 4. p. 92. 
