[26] “Traité des Alimens,” p. 360.
[27] Eutropius.
[28] Hist. des Empereurs, tom. ii.
[29] Julian in Misopogon, p. 359.
[30] I believe a third edition has been published in 1860.
[31] It would, however, appear that the Romans employed corks:—
“Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit
Amphoræ,”
says Horace.
[32] Henderson says that in some places where wood abounded, as in the neighbourhood of the Alps and in Illyria, wine casks were made of that material; but the vessels in general use among the Greeks and Romans were of earthenware. No authority is, however, cited by the Doctor for this statement.