Vintage. 



according to localities ; they should be water-tight, like 

 the baskets. They should all have the same capacity, 

 so that the quantity of the crop may at once be ascer- 

 tained from the number of tubs brought into the wine- 

 press. If the distance between the vineyard and the 

 wine-press is trifling, these tubs are borne on the head, 

 in which case they hold twenty-five quarts, and have 

 the shape shown in Figure 143. At times, they have 

 the shape of a dorser of the same capacity. This dor- 

 ser, which has two arm-straps [Figures 144 and 145], 

 has a cushion, which prevents the bearer being bruised 



[Fie. 145.] Front [Fie. 146.] Large T.'ub, 

 view of Dorser used drawn by Horse, for the 



in the Jura. Carriage of Grapes. 



by the pressure of the vessel. When the distance from 

 the vineyard to the wine-press is too great, and the 

 vineyard is intersected by roads, rendering that mode of 

 transportation feasible, the grapes are transferred by 

 means of horses. The capacity of the dorsers is then 

 fifty quarts, and they have an oval form [Fig. 146] 

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