_Romeili_ is an open place, of an irregular form, where feats of juggling are performed. The charmers of serpents also seem worthy of remark, their powers appearing extraordinary. The serpent most common at Kahira is of the viper class, and undoubtedly poisonous. If one of them enter a house, the charmer is sent for, who uses a certain form of words. I have seen three serpents enticed out of the cabin of a ship, lying near the shore. The operator handled them, and then put them into a bag. At other times I have seen the serpents twist round the bodies of these Psylli in all directions, without having had their fangs extracted or broken, and without doing them any injury. The Egyptians pretend to numerous kinds of magic. The powerful influence of the name of the Divinity, _Ism Ullah_, an account of which is contained in the _Kitab-el-rihani_, is supposed to work various miracles. The mode of its application is divided into _halâl_, lawful, and _harâm_, unlawful. Though the practice terminate in perpetual disappointment, the credulous, who still confide in it, are not few. There are three or four places on the mountain, above Kahira, to which the Arabs ascribe some influence of magic. _El Maraga_, where they say the earth trembles. _Bîr-el-kuffâr_, the well of the infidels.—_Cassaat el Molûk_.—_Ain el Siré_, a spring of salt water, to which they attribute medical virtues. The dancing girls form a distinct class. They are always attended by an old man and woman, who play on musical instruments, and look to the conduct of the girls, that they may not bestow their favours for an inadequate reward; for, though not chaste, they are by no means common. Their dances exhibit all that the most luxurious imagination can picture—all the peculiar motions and arts for which Martial has remarked the Egyptians as celebrated, _Nequitias Tellus scit dare nulla magis._ Their forms are elegant, their faces rather expressive than beautiful. The following amusements are chiefly exhibited during the Ramadân: