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| 45 | 171 | The plants from which its seeds are View more quotes about obtained">obtained apparently grow favorably, perhaps even most favorably, on the slopes of the Thentis Mountains, an area under the jurisdiction of the mountain city of Thentis. |
| 45 | 172 | The trade in black wine is closely controlled by the so-called "vintners" of Thentis. |
| 45 | 173 | For example, it is forbidden to take viable black-wine seeds or plants from the vicinity of Thentis. |
| 45 | 174 | And, as one would suppose, the sale of the roasted seeds from which the black wine is brewed is carefully supervised and regulated. |
| 45 | 175 | Doubtless some smuggling occurs. |
| 45 | 176 | Where such plants are found, illegitimately planted, at least from the point of view of the Thentis "vintners," they are uprooted and destroyed. |
| 45 | 177 | Similarly, smugglers, if apprehended, are often dealt with harshly, by impalement, or servitude in the mines, quarries, or galleys. |