[Footnote 175: Xeres (the Roman colony of Asta Regia) is
only two leagues from Cadiz. In the sixteenth century it was
a granary of corn; and the wine of Xeres is familiar to the
nations of Europe (Lud. Nonii Hispania, c. 13, p. 54-56, a
work of correct and concise knowledge; D'Anville, Etats de
l'Eu-rope, etc. p. 154).]