1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

110 H •was the sole spectator oftheir capering,thiscontinued untilIwas beyond sight and hearing,so that it was evident they neither danced nor sang for my solitary gratification. The incident had certainly one drawback—the women, whether young or old, were both ugly and unkempt. If they had only endeavoured In the Pcn-t Wi7ie Country.

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^ t p'harms by some slight atten- to compensate for their want of tion to their personal appearaU a more interesting one qT,ality-which was being vin- e-generally of good q commandPd from The V " f visit e tagedinthe Baixo Corgo at thetime oi oui .° +Tie first-class growths,and from 6 to gumeas per pipe for tne ux & > 5 to 6 tineas for the second-class. In the vineyards above the Corgo the price of the newly-vintaged wine ranged from about 6A guineas to as high as 11 guineas per pipe for the finest quaUties. The first cost is, however, largely supplemented by the expense of carriage, warehousing, frequent rackings.