Note 95 — CHAP. XI. Various Customs in Abyssinia similar to those in Persia, &c.—A bloody Banquet described, &c.
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In this particular they resemble the Cynics of old, of whom it was said, “Omnia quæ ad Bacchum et Venerem pertinuerint in publico facere.” Diogenes Laertius in Vit. Diogen.