Note 197 — PART I. (continued 2)

Ibid. The casse of 1776 has never been forgotten at Epernay; and M. Perrier, in a letter of August 1801, mentions a recent one at Avize amounting to 85 per cent. That of 1842 flooded the cellars throughout the Champagne. Even in 1850 M. Maumené mentions a casse in a Reims cellar which had reached 98 per cent at his visit, and was still continuing.