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DRINKS.
aroma,
Albano,
resembling
Lacryma
Christi,
and
Orvieto.
The
principal
wine
of
Naples,
from
the
base
of
Vesuvius,
is
Lacryma
Christi,
a
rich,
red,
ex-
quisite
drink,
affirmed
by
some
adventurous
fancies
to
be
the
Falernian
of
Horace.
"O
Christ!"
said
a
Dutchman
who
drank,
*'
why
didst
Thou
not
weep
in
my
country
?
"
Gallipoli,
Tarento,
Baia,
Pausillipo,
yield
good
wines.
The
islands
in
the
Bay
of
Naples
all
produce
wine
;
that
of
Cap7^ea
is
of
good
ordinary
quality,
both
white
and
red.
Calabria
furnishes
many
good
wines.
Muscadenes
and
dry
wines
are
made
at
Reggio.
Asprino,
a
white
foamy
wine,
with
a
plea-
sant
sharpness,
is
a
favourite
of
the
Gampagna.
Carigliano
is
a
Muscadine,
with
a
flavour
of
fennel.
Dr.
Charnock
speaks
highly
of
the
wine
of
Capri,
and
of
Orvieto,
a
delicate
white
wine
of
Rome.
The
dis-
agreement
of
travellers
about
the
merits
of
wines
arises
principally,
of
course,
from
a
diversity
of
tastes,
but
also
in
the
matter
of
Italian
wines,
from
the
fact
that
different
wines
bear
the
same
names
in
different
countries.
There
is,
for
instance,
a
vino
santo
and
a
vino
greco
in
Naples.
A
Veronese
wine,
vino
debolis"
simo
e
di
niuna
stinm,
is
also
called
vino
santo,
and
an
excellently
good
wine
at
Brescia.
It
is
the
same
with
half
a
dozen
of
the
most
noted
wines
of
Italy.
Modico,
a
fine
white
wine from
the
place
of
that
name
near
Salerno,
was
apparently
a
favourite
of
the
noted
School
of
Salernum.
The
best
known
wines
out
of
Italy
are
the
Barola,
Barbera,
and
the
rest
which
may
be
found
on
th^
wine-list
of
every
padrone
of
an
Italian
restaurant
;
the
Inferno
of
the
Valtellina
;
the
Lam-