And one thing I shall tell of, which few of those who go in ships to Egypt have observed, and it is this:⁠—into Egypt from all parts of Hellas and also from Phoenicia are brought twice every year earthenware jars full of wine, and yet it may almost be said that you cannot see there one single empty 403 wine-jar. 7. In what manner, then, it will be asked, are they used up? This also I will tell. The headman 404 of each place must collect all the earthenware jars from his own town and convey them to Memphis, and those at Memphis must fill them with water and convey them to these same waterless regions of Syria: thus the jars which come regularly to Egypt and are emptied 405