Hasdrubal had secured the war-chest before the battle, and after sending on the elephants in adall the fugitives that he, could, he directedTagus towards the Pyrenees. Scipio toenemy's camp, and gave up all the plund(of the prisoners, to his troops. On counfound that they amounted to io,ooo infanThe Spanish prisoners were all released an(the Africans were ordered to be sold by t照 Spaniards, those who had previously surrendered and thosewho had been made prisoners the day before, now crowdedround him, and with one accord saluted him as " King." Heordered silence to be proclaimed, and then told them that thetitle he valued most was the one his soldiers had given him, the title of " Imperator."。 " The name of king,". he said, " soat elsewhere, is insupportable to Roman ears. If a kingly mind is in your the human nature, you may attribute it must avoid the use of the word." Even the barbarians appreciated the greatness' of a man who stood so high that he could look down on a title the splendour of which dazzled other men's eyes. Presents were then distributed amongst the Spanish princes and chieftains, and Scipio invited Indibilis to choose 3oo horses out of the large number captured. Whilst the quaestor was putting up‘the Africans to sale, he found amongst them a remarkably handsome youth, and hearing that he was of royal blood, he sent him to Scipio. Scipio questioned him as to who he was, what country he belonged to, and why at his tender age he was in camp. He told him that he was a Numidian, and his people called him Massiva. Left an orphan by his father, he had been brought up by his maternal grandfather Gala, king of the Numidians. His uncle Masinissa had come with his cavalry to assist the Carthaginians, and he had accompanied him into Spain. Masinissa had always forbidden him to take part in the fighting because he was so young, but that day he had, unknown to his uncle, secured arms and a horse and gone into action, but his, horse fell and threw him. andrN_so. he had been made prisoner. acipo ordered the lvumiaian to be kept under guard, and business he left the sent for his prisoner return to Masinissa. The boy replied amid tears of j oy that he should only be 1 glad to do so. Scipio then presented him with a gold血9 tunic witn a wide purnie poraer. a apanisn cioax wltn a tri clasp, and a beautifully caparisoned horse. He then ordered escort of cavalry to accompany him as far as he wanted to go. 、J声 and dismissed him.