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natural warm Climate, (a better Fence in Winter, than Cloaths or Fire,) has so often done Wonders, in cherishing and restoring the decaying Natures of our Consumptive English.
The Air is so mild, that 'tis seldom or never observed to be subject to Frosts; but the Advantages of their Situation are considerably lessened, by the boisterousness of the Winds that reign in it: And besides, the Country is generally so Mountainous, that the one half of it is not cultivated; and for the Ground that remains, is so full of Stones, that a Man would be tempted to believe they had been brought thither on Purpose, to surround their Fields with Stone-Walls, which are almost every where Three Foot High.
But to make Amends for the Inconveniency of that Part of the Country, which is neither proper for Corn, or Pasturage, it produces the best Wines of France, and great Store of such excellent Olives, that the Oil of them is esteemed the sweetest in Europe. The Wines are of several Sorts: In Dauphine, the White-Wines, called Condrieu, and Gannetin, the last a very pale and thin White-Wine, much like to the Verdé of Florence, sweet, and of a very pleasant Flavour: The Red Wine, are Camp de Perdris, and Costé Bruftee, of very good Taste, and hot upon the Stomach: But above all, the most esteemed, is the Hermitage upon the Rhosne.
