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113

ness,

and

the

appearance

of

any

deception

is

more

easily

glossed

over.

The

whole

of

the

cheap

Champagnes

made

up

in

France,

but

more

immediately

the

cheap

Still

Champagne,

may

be

said to

be

of

a

kind,

which,

from

the

nature

of

its

composition,

is,

perhaps,

more

highly

deleterious

to

the

health,

than

any

other

Wine

whatever,

excepting

such

of

the

cheap

Spark-

ling

Champagnes,

as

are

made

up

on

the

same

plan,

with

regard

to

some

of

the

materials

that

are

used.

It

has

been

remarked

by

French

physicians,

as

they

have

occasionally

been

called

in

to

attend

English

patients,

that

in

most

cases,

the

indispo-

sition

of

our

country

men,

when

they

are

in

France,

can

only

be

ascribed

to

the

Champagne

which

they

drink,

and

which,

owing

to

the

avidity

with

which

the

English

people

indulge

themselves

in

its

con-

sumption,

is

not

only

more

frequently,

than

other-

wise,

supplied

to

them

of

an

indifferent

kind,

but

of

a

sort,

possessing

properties

which

have

the

most

pernicious

and

injurious

tendency,

possible,

to

the

constitution.

A

little

examination

into

the

nature

of

some

of the

ingredients,

employed

in

the

manufacture

of

the

cheap

Still,

and

Sparkling

Champagnes,

in

France,

will

fully

prove

the

truth

of

their

observations.

The

properties

of

Lead,

in

refining

some

par-

ticular

descriptions

of

Wines,

the

various

quality

of

which,

as

compared

with

that

of

others,

is

widely

different,

(and

among

which,

these

inferior