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as
Champagne,
or
in
its
present
state,
can
never
be
drank,
and
the
intention
with
which
such
Wines
(which
in
France
must
have
cost
a
mere
trifle),
have
been
sent
to
this
country,
cannot
be
mistaken.
To
illustrate,
however,
the
object
I
have
in
view,
with
respect
to
the
tricks
practised
with
this
Wine,
(and
of
which
I
shall
give
an
Example
on
a
small
Scale,
for
the
sake
of
conciseness,)
let
it
be
supposed
that
I
order
in
France,
six
dozens
of
the
poorest
Champagne
I
can
procure,
and
just
of
suf-
ficient
quality
to
allow
of
its
being
admitted
into
this
country,
under
the
name
it
bears.
This
I
should
be
able
to
purchase
at
the
rate
of
about
twelve
francs,
or
10*.
per
dozen,
(not
at
all
the
lowest
price,)
the
bottles,
case,
and
freightage,
might
stand
me
in
about
4*.
6d. or
5*.
Qd.
per
dozen,
and
the
landing
charges
and
duty,
19s.
per
dozen more.
On
getting
it
home,
I
immediately
draw
the
corks,
and
empty
the
bottles
of
their
con-
tents
into
my
Cape
vat,
and
supply
their
places
with
others,
ready
filled
with
the
best
Gooseberry
Wine,
the
corks
of
which,
are
cemented
and
marked
at
the
ends
to
resemble
real
Champagne,
and
which
stands
me
(with
every
expence
included)
in
about
21*.
per
dozen.
Now,
as
I
have
the
dock
permit
to
protect
it,
and
I
do
not
attempt
to
substitute
this
fictitious
Wine,
except
between
the
period
on
which
my
Excise
Officer
last
surveyed
me,
and
the
time
of
his
coming
again,
nor
start
the
unsaleable
Cham-