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DRINKS.
This
illustratidn
dates
1608
as
"A
Sciographie
or
Modell
of
that
stupendous
vessel
which
is
at
thi^
day
shewed
in
the
Pallace
of
the
Count
Palatine
of
Rhene
in
the
citie
of
Heidelberg."
A
iiiodel
of
this
Tun
was
shown
at
the
German
Exhibition
held
in
London,
1
89
1,
Its
capacity
was
eclipsed
by
a
famous
tonneau,
elaborately
ornamented
with
allegorical
figures,
etc.,
which
was
shown
in
the
French
Exhibition
of
1889.
It
would
hold
200,000
bottles
af
Champagne,
and
canrse
from
Epernay.
It
had
to
be
drawn
by
a
large
team,
by
road,
and
the
French
press
was
full
of
its
imaginary
adventures
on
its
journey
to
Paris.
said
to
be
generosity,
dryness,
fine
flavour,
and
endur-
ance
of
age.
The
dyspeptic
will
learn
with
delight
that
the
strong
wines
of
the
Rhine
are
extremely
salutary,
and
contain
less
acid
than
any
other.
It
is
also
averred
that
they
are
never
saturated
with
brandy.
Liebfrauejimilch
^
is
grown
at
Worms.
It
^
This
wine
is
said
to
profit
much
by
a
quiescent
state
of
the
air
afforded
by
the
town
wall.