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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL REMARKS.

Wine Duties in 1822-Manner of Paying-East Vault Exchange
-Tasting-Dock Company's Responsibility-Wines in Bond-
Wine Trade a bad Trade-Young Gentlemen as Cellarmen-Agents
in the Hunting Field-Bribery-Treatment of Wines-Ignorance
existing-South African-Elbe Sherry-Ebro Port-Adulterations
-Lord Palmerston-Greek and Roman Wines-Constituents of
good Wine-Mr. Ballantyne's Letter-Christopher Smith in 1750
-Tavern Drinking-White Port - Teneriffe-Introduction of
Sherry-Claret of first Growth, vid Boulogne-Claret in Scotland
--Wine-drinking in the Hebrides -Bad Cellars in Modern Houses
-Wine Merchants' Clerks-Tasting in the Open Air-'Sinful'
Prices-Wine, like Horse-dealing-Drunkenness formerly not dis-
graceful-Tavern Bill in 1728-Recollections of 1773-Wine for
Twenty in 1863-Few Drunken People now-A Bishop's Claret
-The Royal Sailor-The First Gentleman in Europe-Duke of
York's Aide-de-camp-Jockey of Norfolk-Pepys's Memoirs-
Poulett Thomson-Author's Obstinacy-Wine Committee-Duty
reduced-Wine as a general Beverage-Consumption since 1855—
Alcoholic Test Song from Punch-Evasion of Alcoholic Rate-
The Wine Association-Uniform Rate of 1/0-Effects of Vine
Disease Prices in Montpellier-Consumption in Paris, in Mayence,
and in London—Table of Rates of Duty since 1671-Statistical
Tables-Wine and the Poets

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