44 EGYPT. 
CHAP, lamentations. Pliny often mentions these jug- 
glers ' ; and as their tricks have been noticed by 
other travellers, it is only now necessary to 
attest the existence of this extraordinary rem- 
nant of a very antient custom. 
(l) PUn. Hist. Nat. lib. vii. c. 2. lib. viii. c. 2.5. lib. xxv. c. 10. 
lib. xxviii. c. 3. 
