. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Wine Cart. Pompeii.] CCCXXX1V PHYSICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Chap. [Manner of carrying Amphorae.] Romans, the wine was carried [to the house of the consumer ordealer] in skin carts, from which it is decanted at the door intoamphorae, in which it is carried to, and remains deposited in, thestore-room or cellar. The manner of carrying the amphorae isshown in the annexed cut. These customs are still those ofSyria and Western Asia generally, with the exception that theskins (of the ox, goat, or kid, according to qua
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Wine Cart. Pompeii.] CCCXXX1V PHYSICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Chap. [Manner of carrying Amphorae.] Romans, the wine was carried [to the house of the consumer ordealer] in skin carts, from which it is decanted at the door intoamphorae, in which it is carried to, and remains deposited in, thestore-room or cellar. The manner of carrying the amphorae isshown in the annexed cut. These customs are still those ofSyria and Western Asia generally, with the exception that theskins (of the ox, goat, or kid, according to quantity) are notdrawn on carts, but are carried by men or animals. Small quan-tities for current use are often kept in small kid skins, as wasalso a Roman custom. Of the present process of making wine in Syria, there is ameagre notice in We need not repeat over again, asmodern usages, those which have already been describedas ancient. The principal difference which we notice isthat the grapes are conveyed to the press, or to themarket, not in crates or baskets, but in skins, whichare stuffed at the mouth with leaves to protect the fru
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