After the Tibarenians they passed a sacred mountain and the country where the Mossynoeci dwell along the slopes in towers or the "mossynes" they take their name from.

Odd laws and customs mark their way of life. Everything that we do out in the open either in council or the marketplace, they find some way to do inside their homes, and all the things we do inside our homes, they do out in the middle of the street without the least compunction. Public sex is not disgraceful there. Like boars in heat, they feel not even slight embarrassment with others present but engage their women in open copulation on the ground

Their ruler sits inside the highest tower, rendering personal verdicts to his subjects— poor wretch, since, if his rulings seem unfair, they lock him up in prison for a day without a meal.