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109

pagne

until

I

have

sent

out

sufficient

of

my

Cape

without

permit,

or

used

enough

in

any

of

my

fo-

reign

Wines,

to

admit

it,

so as

not

to

cause

any

in-

crease,

I

am

under

little

danger

of

being

dis-

covered

;

and,

the

more

particularly,

as for

every

quantity,

not

exceeding

one

dozen,

that

I

send

from

my

premises,

of

real

Champagne,

(which

is

sold as

of a

very

superior

quality,

and

at

a

higher

price,)

and

for

which

quantity

no

permit

is

required,

I

am

able

to

receive

into

my

stock,

in

the

same

manner,

(with

regard

to

its

being

un-

permitted),

a

like

number

of

bottles

of

this

fic-

titious

Wine,

to

all

outward

appearance

similar

to

that

which

is

genuine,

and

without

having

any

larger

proportion

in

stock

than

I

have

credit

for,

or

the

trouble

and

additional

expence

(except

where

a

large

order

is

to

be

executed)

of

clearing

home

my

bad

Champagne.

Thus,

should

I

be

enabled,

frequently,

to

de-

rive

most enormous

profits,

because,

as

the

quan-

tities

which

I

send

out

of

a

dozen,

half

dozen,

&c.

of

my

cheap

Champagne

(and

in

which

quantities

it

is

more

generally

purchased),

is

of

course

the

Gooseberry

Wine,

which

I

have

got

into

my

warehouse, without

having

subjected

myself

to

the

extra

expence

of

the

duty,

freight,

and

cost,

&c.

of

the

indifferent

Wine

which

I

have

in

the

docks,

the

counterfeit

Champagne,

therefore,

stands

me

only

in

21*.

per

do/en,

(which

is

the

total

cost

of

the

Gooseberry

Wine)

and

leaves

me

in

possession