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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