GRAND CAIRO. 167 
FORTE insanit:" and if the history of this ^y^^- 
exercise be traced to its origin, it will be found 
to have nearly the same character all over the 
world. In the anger of Moses at the dancing of 
the Israelites'^; in the reproach cast upon David, 
by Michal the daughter of Saul, for his conduct 
when dancing before the ark'; in the gratifica- 
tion afforded to Herod by the dance of Salome*; 
we may perceive what were the characteristics 
of primaeval dances : and if curiosity should 
lead any one to inquire what sort of dancing is 
found among modern nations, where the exer- 
cise has not been refined by civilization, his 
attention may be directed to the Tarantella of 
Italy, the Fandango of Spain, the Barina of 
Russia, the Calenda of Africa, and the Timorodee 
of Otaheite. Egypt, where no lapse of time 
seems to have effected change, where the con- 
stancy of natural phaenomena appears to have 
been always accompanied with the same uni- 
formity of manners and customs, Egypt pre- 
serves its pristine attachment to a licentious 
dance ; and exhibits that dance as it was beheld, 
above three thousand years ago, in the annual 
(2) Exod. xxxii. I9. 
(3) 2 Samuel \\. 20. 
(4) Matth, xiv. Mark vi. Joseph. Atitiq. Jud. lib. xviii. c. 2. 
