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goat-skins without the hair, fringed and stained of
a red colour; from which part of dress the wori
.ffigis of the Greeks is unquestionably derived. I am
also inclined to believe, that the loud cries which
arc uttered in the temples of that goddess, have the
same origin; the Libyan women do this very mack
but not disagreeably. From Libya also the Greek
borrowed the custom of harnessing four horses to s
carriage. gl

CXC. These Lybian Nomades observe the same
ceremonies with the Greeks in the interment of the
dead: we must except the Nasamones, who bury their
deceased in a sitting attitude, and are particularly
careful, as any one approaches his end, to prevent his
expiring in a reclined posture. Their dwellings are
easily moveable, and are formed of the asphodel
shrub, secured with rushes. Such are the manners
of these people.

CXCI. The Ausenses, pn the western part of the
river Triton, border on those Libyans who cultivate
the earth, and have houses, and are called Maxyes:
these people surfer their hair to grow on the right
side of the head, but not on the left; they stain their
bodies with vermilion, and pretend to be descended
from the Trojans. This region, and indeed all the
more western parts of Libya, is much more woody,
and more infested with wild beasts, than that where
the Libyan Nomades reside ; for the abode of these
latter, advancing eastward, is low and sandy. From
hence westward, where those inhabit who till the
ground, it is mountainous, full of wood, and abound­
ing with wild beasts; here are found serpents of an
enormous size, lions, elephants, bears, asps, and asses
with horns. Here also are the Cynocephali, as well as
the Acephali, who, if the Libyans may be credited,
have their eyes in their breasts; they have, more­
over, men and women who are wild and savage;
and many ferocious animals whose existence cannot
be disputed.

CXCIl. Of the animals above-mentioned, none are
found amongst the Libyan Nomades; they have how­
ever pygargt, goats, burfaloes, and asses, not of that