[1541] As oblong ones, probably.
[1542] While fermenting, and before racking off.
[1543] Flos vini, the Mycoderma vini of Desmazieres, a mould or pellicule which forms on the surface, and afterwards falls and is held in suspension.
[1544] Vessels of lead are never used for this purpose at the present day; as that metal would oxidize too rapidly, and liquids would have great difficulty in coming to a boil. A slow fire must have been used by the ancients.
[1545] They were thought to give a bad flavour to the sapa or defrutum.
[1546] A mere puerility, as Fée remarks.
[1547] He does not state the reason, nor does it appear to be known. At the present day warmed wine is sometimes given to a jaded horse, to put him on his legs again.
[1548] Though practised by those who wished to drink largely, this was considered to diminish the flavour of delicate wines.
[1549] See B. xxii. c. 23, and B. xxv. c. 95; also c. [7] of the present Book. Wine is no longer considered an antidote to cicuta or hemlock.
[1550] See B. xxxvi. c. 42.