[370] ] Ibid.
[371] ] Moore’s Diary, June 1819.
[372] ] Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott.
[373] ] Scott’s Diary, November 15, 1826.
[374] ] Byron’s English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 1808.
[375] ] Byron’s Don Juan, canto xv. stanza lxv., 1821.
[376] ] Ibid. canto xvi. stanza ix.
[377] ] Ibid. canto xiii. stanzas xxxvii., xxxviii.
[378] ] According to recent statistics issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Reims, the department of the Marne contains 16,500 hectares of vineyards (40,755 acres), of which 2465 hectares are situated in the district of Vitry-le-François; 555 hectares in that of Châlons; 700 in that of Sainte Menehould; 7624 in that of Reims; and 5587 in the Epernay district, where the finest qualities of Champagne are grown. The value of the wine produced annually in these districts exceeds 60,000,000 francs (nearly 2 ½ millions sterling). During the last thirty years, the value of these vineyards has increased fourfold. The ‘population vigneronne’ of the department is 16,093 inhabitants.
[379] ] In the year 1871.