[December,


pired  to  tbe  qnflestOTship,  and  drank
the  contents  oi  a  whole  amphora  at  a
repast  given  by  the  Emperor  Ti-
berius, "  Ob  epotam  in  conyivio  pro-
pinante  se  vini  amphoram;**  but,
though  there  may  be  men  in  Scot-
land, or  Scotchmen  in  Endland,  like
the  late  Robert  Cutler  Ferguson,
who  could  carry  away  so  much  li-
quor and  be  none  the  worse  for  it,
we  doubt  the  capacity  of  any  En-
glishman, nay,  even  of  the  fat,
rollicking,  perry -bibbing  barrister,
who  got  into  the  Great  Western
train  at  Steventon,  and  of  whom
mention  has  been  made  in  an  article
in  BEGnrA  for  October,  to  do  as
much.
In  the  preceding  article,  published
in  Noyember,  we  meant  to  have
stated  that  the  use  of  casks  or  \nne-
hogsheads  were  unknown  to  the
Greeks  and  Romans.*  They  could
therefore  only  transport  their  wines
in  earthen  vessels  or  skins,  which  in
the  older  English  authors  are  queerly
and  alliteratiyely  called,  *^  borachio
bottles."  The  earthen  vessels  pre-
sented the  inconvenience  of  being
fraeile,  whilst  the  skins  were  subject
to  bursting,  to  become  insecure,  &c.
Our  excellent  and  learned  friend  Dr.
Henderson  states,  and  truly,  that  the
Romans  occasionally  employed  glass.
