JUGGLERS. 
163 
of them said he should be very happy to receive a 
similar punishment every day., if it were to be followed 
by a similar recompence. 
After the struggle was over, it was pleasing to wit- 
ness the good humour that seemed to exist between 
these two combatants. They remained within the 
arena looking on at the sports, squatted upon the 
ground, and chatting with perfect good fellowship, 
notwithstanding the severity with which they had 
so lately punished each other. I am told that these 
encounters do not in the slightest degree interrupt the 
personal friendship often existing between these men ; 
neither does their friendship prevent them from inflict- 
ing the severest punishment during those encounters, 
in which their proudest ambition is to obtain manual 
superiority. 
To me the most interesting part of the sports was 
the performance of the jugglers, a party of them being 
now introduced. The usual preliminaries took place, 
such as swallowing the sword, eating fire, and a few 
other tricks, common to every exhibitor at the pro- 
vincial fairs in our own country. After which, one of 
the men taking a large earthen vessel, with a capa- 
cious mouth, filled it with water and turned it upside 
down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment 
it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always 
became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one 
to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired 
that one of the party would fill it : his request was 
obeyed; still, when he reversed the jar, not a drop of 
water flowed, and upon turning it, to our astonish- 
ment, it was empty. These and similar deceptions 
