Put in a basin half a pint of calfs foot jelly, and when it has become stiff, lay in a bunch of grapes, with the stalks upwards, or fruit of any kind; over this put a few vine leaves, and fill up the bowl with warm jelly; let it stand till next day, and then set the bowl in water up to the brim for a moment, then turn out carefully. It is a very elegant looking dish.

The Vine Disease is now said to be rapidly disappearing in Tuscany, and even in Portugal the worst is thought to be over; but so terrible have been its ravages, that for two years past the cultivation of the vineyards has been abandoned, the laborer has had no employment, the proprietor no produce, and the vines are nearly ruined. Among other contrivances which have been resorted to in order to save something from the vineyards, it is understood that the vine growers have been pressing such grapes as they had, and then adding enormous quantities of poor brandy to the juice, in order to prevent the putrid fermentation to which it is now so liable. This brandy spirit, or cherapiga, containing probably 50 per cent. of spirit, is the basis of much of the port wine that is received in England and America, and is known to be extremely unwholesome.