Another handsome fish, called by the fishermen _lâl_, and also a fine species of the perch family, known to them as _lafâsh_, both from their appearance good table fish, are not uncommon, except by comparison with the abundant carp. The _lafâsh_ grows to a great size, one that I photographed, measured, and weighed being 1·32 metres long, of 1 metre girth, and 92 lbs. weight. The fishermen move about the lake in the most primitive kind of boats, propelled by the clumsiest possible oars, and without any sails. How long they will continue to be satisfied with their craft it is hard to say, but they show no signs of desiring anything better. CHAPTER II. ANCIENT TESTIMONY ABOUT LAKE MŒRIS. Evidence concerning the existence of Lake Mœris, which has been briefly referred to in the Introduction, is to be gained from the following sources:— The Egyptian monuments, in which are found inscriptions on stone and records on papyri. The writings of Herodotus, who visited Egypt B.C. 450. The writings of Diodorus Siculus, a Sicilian, and of Strabo, a Greek geographer and contemporary with Diodorus, about B.C. 25. Lastly Pliny, A.D. 50 to 70. It must be borne in mind, while reading their accounts, that, in attempting to give information as to the origin of Lake Mœris, they were undertaking a task beyond their powers, since, according to the scanty revelations of the monuments, which on this point are the only witnesses worthy of credence, the Lake Mœris _existed_ 2000 years before Herodotus visited Egypt, and therefore must have been _formed_ at a more remote date. What then these ancients may have been told as to the _origin_ of Lake Mœris may well be classed with tradition, and be assigned its true value as such, but what they state, that they themselves _saw_, is as worthy of belief as statements found in the descriptions of any other sober historian’s personal experiences. I am indebted to the Rev. Edwin Meyrick, M.A., for the translations of the passages from Herodotus, and to Mr. Edward Meyrick, of Marlborough College, for those from the other classics. _Translations from Ancient Authors, who have referred to Lake Mœris, and Arabic Tradition._ HERODOTUS, Book II. (B.C. 454). “These twelve kings (who were governing Egypt at the time of which Herodotus was writing) agreed to leave a work which should make their names remembered, and, uniting all their powers, they built the Labyrinth, a little above the Lake Mœris, and situated as nearly as possible opposite the city called Crocodilopolis. (Here follows a description of the Labyrinth, in which it is stated to surpass the pyramids as a wonder of construction.) “Adjoining the angle where the Labyrinth ends, is a pyramid, 240 feet high, on which large figures of animals are engraved. The entrance into this is subterranean.