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Thus,
shall
I
have
introduced
six
dozens
of
this
fictitious
Wine,
protected
by
the
same
dock
per-
mit
which
accompanied
the
indifferent
Champagne
from
the
docks,
and
which
places
me
beyond
all
liability
of
detection
from
any
Excise
Officer.
The
Wine
is
sparkling,
and,
to
the
generality
of
its
consumers,
appears
to
possess
all
the
requisite
character
of
real
Champagne
;
and,
aided
by
that
eager
confidence
which
is
placed
on
the
truth
of
the
assertions
contained
in
my
captivating
pla-
cards
and
advertisements,
I
am
able
to
dispose
of
this
substituted
and
fictitious
article,
the
total
cost
of
which,
at
the
outside,
is
no
more
than
43s.
6d.
per
dozen,
at
a
cash
profit
of
165.
6d.
if
I
ad-
vertise
it
at
60s.
or
if
at
63s.
per
dozen,
the
small
remuneration
of
only
19s.
Qd.
per dozen.
The
dangerous
nature
and
tendency
of
the
Wine,
which
is
occasionally puffed
off
to
so
much
advan-
tage,
by
the
aid
of
Extracts
from
Theoretical
Treatises
on
Wine,
the
introduction
of a
little
of
the
jargon
of
the
numerous
French
agents,
who
are
constantly
dunning
the
trade
with
their
pro-
fessional
disquisitions,
and
the
never
failing
at-
traction
of
cheap
prices,
requires
only
to
be
gene-
rally
known,
to
put
a
decided
stop
to
a
system,
which
conceals
as
great
a portion
of
fraud
and
im-
position,
as
exists
in
almost
any
other
branch
of
the
adulterator's
business,
particularly
as
from
the
circumstance
of
the
Wine
being:
in
the
London
O
Docks,
a
greater
reliance
is
placed
on
its
genuine-