Note 2973 — BOOK XXXI. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS.
John Bostock translation
See B. ii. c. 106. As Ajasson remarks, Mucianus should have had the sense to see that it was only a juggle of the priests of Bacchus. He compares it to the miracle of the blood of St. Januarius at Naples. The contrivance of the priests of Bel was not very dissimilar; but in their case, they themselves were the real recipients of what the god was supposed to devour.