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pagne until I have sent out sufficient of my Cape without permit, or used enough in any of my fo- reign Wines, to admit it, so as not to cause any in- crease, I am under little danger of being dis- covered ; and, the more particularly, as for every quantity, not exceeding one dozen, that I send from my premises, of real Champagne, (which is sold as of a very superior quality, and at a higher price,) and for which quantity no permit is required, I am able to receive into my stock, in the same manner, (with regard to its being un- permitted), a like number of bottles of this fic- titious Wine, to all outward appearance similar to that which is genuine, and without having any larger proportion in stock than I have credit for, or the trouble and additional expence (except where a large order is to be executed) of clearing home my bad Champagne. Thus, should I be enabled, frequently, to de- rive most enormous profits, because, as the quan- tities which I send out of a dozen, half dozen, &c. of my cheap Champagne (and in which quantities it is more generally purchased), is of course the Gooseberry Wine, which I have got into my warehouse, without having subjected myself to the extra expence of the duty, freight, and cost, &c. of the indifferent Wine which I have in the docks, the counterfeit Champagne, therefore, stands me only in 21*. per do/en, (which is the total cost of the Gooseberry Wine) and leaves me in possession