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different
qualities
and
quantities
of
it
in
it's
genuine
state,
are
required
to
answer
the
views
of
the
cheap
Wine
seller,
the
following
articles in
various
proportions,
viz.
BENECARLO,*
a
strong
coarse
Spanish
Red
Wine,
known
by
the
denomination
of
Spanish
Black
Strap,
to
be purchased,
including
duty,
at
about
38/.
per
pipe
of
115
gallons.
FIGUERA,*
a
Red
Wine
from
the
province
of
Estremadura,
in
Portugal,
of
intermediate
quality
between
Black
Strap
and
inferior
Port,
bearing
a
the eighth
or
sixteenth
of
an
inch,
from
the
chance,
that
in
all
probability as
much
would
be
spilled,
and
run
into
the
cask
placed
to
receive
it;
a
quantity
equal
to
the portion
contained
in
three
quarters
of
an
inch
or
more,
at
the
bottoms
of
what
are
termed
their
half-quartern
glasses,
is
thus
saved
to
the
seller,
and
an
extra
profit
reckoned
at
about
seven
and
a
half,
per
cent,
de-
rived
therefrom,
amounting
to
not
a
very
inconsiderable
sum
of
money,
even
where
there
is
only
a
tolerable
consumption.
*
It
will
be
proper
to
remark,
that
no
restriction
exists
as
to
mixing
one
Red Wine
with
another,
providing
they
both
pay
the
same
rate
of
duty,
or
one
White
Wine
with
another,
under
a
similar
proviso;
but
White
Wines
cannot
legally
be
mixed
with
Red,
nor
can
any
Wines,
whatever,
be
put
together, unless
under
the
circumstance
of
their
duties
being
equal.
Benecarlo
and
Fignera
Wines,
pay
the
same
duty
as
Port,
and
the
fact
of
an
enormous
quantity
being
used
of
them,
and
of
their
being
applied
to
the
purposes
I
have
described,
and
no
other,
could
be
fully
proved,
by
a
return
from
the
London
Dock
Company
of
the
im-
mense
number
of
pipes
of
both
Wines,
which,
as
is
notorious
to
all
of
the
trade,
are
yearly
imported
into,
and
cleared
from
thence,
to
the
premises
of
our
cheap
sellers,
although
we
never
see
them
mentioned
in
any
of
their
placards
or
advertisements,
under
the
denomination
which
thev
bear.