They were every hour expecting fresh details of Scipio's death, and even news of his funeral. None came however, and the idle rumours by degrees died away. Thei began to look for those who started the report, but each i kept out of the way, preferring to be thought credulous than suspected of inventing such a story. Abandoned b, followers, the ringleaders looked with dread upon the ii they had assumed, and fully expected that in return f( idle show of power they would draw down upon themseh weiLyht of the true and lezitimate authoritv. w tine the mutinv was thus at a standstill。aennite ii ation was arougnt tnat 6cipio was alive and this wa! followed by the further intelligence that his health was re: This intelligence was brought by a party of seven m tribunes, whom Scipio had sent to Sucro. 'At first their pr was stronzly resented.but the auiet talks thev had with they happened to know had a calming effect;they visit soldiers in their tents, and chatted with the groups gathered round the tribunals in front of the headquarters tent. They made no reference to the treason the soldiers had been guilty of, but only questioned them as to the causes of the sudden outbreak They were told in reply that the men did not get their pay punctually, nor their due share of credit for the part they had played in the campaign. It was by their Roman name was preserved the Iliturgans committed their foul crime. And though they had received the just recompense for their treason, no one had,.been found to reward the Roman soldiers for their meritorious services. In reply to these and similar complaints the tribunes told the men that their requests were reasonable and they lav them before the nothing worse or harder to set right, and the men might rest assured that P. Scipio, after the favour the gods had shown him, and, indeed, the whole State, would show their gratitude. Scipio was experienced in war, but unfamiliar with the storms of internal disturbances. Two things made him anxious, the possibility of the army exceeding all measure in its insubordination, or of his inflicting punishments which would be excessive. For the present he decided to go on as he had begun, and handle the matter gently. Collectors were sent among the tributary states so that the soldiers might hope to receive their pay soon. An order was shortly after issued for them to assemble at New Carthage for that purpose;they might go in a body or successively in single detachments as they preferred. The unrest was already d外ng down when the sudden cessation of hostilities on the part of the revolted Spaniards completely stopped it. When Mandonius and Indibilis heard that Scipio was still alive, they gave up their enterprise and retired within their frontiers, and the mutineers could no longer find any one either amongst their own countrymen or amongst the natives who would associate himself with their mad scheme. After carefully considering every possible plan they saw that the o-}ywayo rofwaoni the consequences of their evil counsels, and that not a very to submit themselves either to the just displeasure of their general or to his clemency, which they were not without hopes of experiencing. They argued that·he had ever pardoned the enemies of his country after armed conflict, whereas during their mutiny not a wound had been received or a drop of blood shed, it had been free from all cruelty and did not deserve a cruel punishment一o ready are men itn reasons when they wish to palliate their own There was considerable hesitation as to whether