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 it may reasonably be concluded, that these capitals were not invested in the soil of a foreign land, without the certainty of a very handsome return: and that it is not in France alone that the vine is a source of wealth.

With regard to climate and soil. Those climates which are favourable for the culture of the vine in the northern hemisphere, are found to lie between the 50th and 35th degree of latitude; and it is between these parallels that the most famous wines are produced. The latitude of a great part of New South Wales is within the 35th degree, but when the difference of temperature at the same degree of latitude in the two hemispheres is considered, it will be found to correspond nearly with those countries which are in the middle of the vinous latitudes of the north. A proof of the fitness of the climate might also be urged, in the success which has attended the introduction of the fruits of wine countries, and even of the grape itself; though many climates bring the grape to perfection as a fruit for the table, which nevertheless do not impress upon it the characters peculiar to those grapes, from which good wines are made. But, the Cape of Good Hope is in the same latitude as New South Wales, and