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Whies.
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others,
but
little
known
in
this
country.
On
the
seaboard
of
this
district,
15
miles
S.W.
of
Mont-
pellier,
is
the
port
and
town
of
Cette,
famous
as
the
great
manufacturing
depot
of
fictitious
wines
and
liqueurs.
We
will
now
visit
another
land,
“
Where
the
Rhine
his
course
does
hend,
Rich
vine-covered
hills
among.”
The
Rhine
and
the
Vine
have
for
centuries
been
associated
together,
and
the
Germans
are
as
fond
of
their
wines
as
they
are
of
their
river,
which
they
fondly
call
the
Father
of
Wine.
That
glorious
river,
with
its
majestic
beauty
and
vine-clad
banks,
offers
to
the
admiration
of
the
traveller
a
lovelier
scene
than
any
other
river
can
present
;
more
espe-
cially
along
its
course
between
Mentz
and
Coblentz.
The
choicest
vintages
are
confined
to
a
small
dis-
trict
called
the
Rheingau,
which
extends
from
Riidesheim
to
Mentz.
The
vine-tract
of
Hochheim,
a
village
situated
on
the
river
Main,
producing
wines
of
like
nature
and
excellence,
which
are
classed
with
the
Rhine
growths.
These
wines
are
extensively
imported
into
this
country,
and
it
would
seem
that
this
last-mentioned
kind
especially,
has,
by
our
abbreviation
of
its
name
to
“
Hock,”
served
as
a