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ON VINEYARDS. 
many favourable fpots, vi'here nature has given important ad-* 
vantages, and thefe (liould be ftill further improved by art. 
Plantations of foreft-trees, judicioufly formed, would con- 
tribute much to give warmth and flielter : But thefe fhould 
not be placed too near the Vineyard, fo as to confine the air, 
which would prove very prejudicial. 
We are informed that, in wine countries. Vineyards are not 
only confined to gentle declivities, but that they often are 
formed on Hopes on the fides of hills and rocks, which are 
fometimes fo fiieep as even to border upon precipices : And 
that Vineyards, thus fituated, produce grapes uncommonly 
rich, yielding wdnes of the moft excellent quality.' 
I am informed too, that the hills in the counties bordering 
upon the Englifh channel have, in general, declivities tending 
to 
“ ‘ In the neighbourhood of Pie? a there is an eminent hill, the Southern fide 
“ of which is fo fteep, that people are obliged to lay hold of ropes fixed to 
“ ftrong poles, in order to keep themfelves upright, while they ftalk from 
“ Vine to Vine, to pluck the grapes that cover all that fide. Should they 
■“ truft themfelves there without the help of thofe ropes, the Icaft remiflhefs 
“ of attention in ftepping might caufe a very mifchievous tumble. I won- 
“ der how people could take it into their heads to plant Vines on fo incon- 
“ venient a fpot : But the trouble of the vintagers is very well repaid by 
“ the goodnefs of thofe grapes, which yield the moft excellent wine that is 
“ drank in Catalonia.” 
Baretti's Travels^ vol. 4. p. 72. 
