Mago's Last Attempts in Spain.-Mago's hopes had been raised by the mutiny in the Roman camp and the revolt of Indibilis. .Now he despaired of effecting anything in Spain and made preparations for his departure. Whilst he was so the Carthaginian senate ordering employed a despatch came fromhim to take the fleet which heafter raising as large a force asin that country to form a juncti had at Gades over to Italy, and possible of Gauls and Ligurians on with Hannibal and not allow the war which had been begun with so much energy and even more success to drag on lifelessly. Money way brought to him from Carthage for the purpose, and he also requisitioned as much as he could from the people in Gades. Not only their public treasury but even their temples were plundered, and they were private stores of gold and silver. Sailing along the Spanish coast, he landed a force not ,far from New Carthage, and plundered the nearest fields. after which he broug htup his fleet at the city.‘During the day he kept his men on board, and did not disembark them till night. Het then took them to that part of the city 济wall where the Romans had effected the capture of the place; thinking that the city was held by a weak garrison. end也幼 there would be a movement amongst some of the cnangeolmasters. who hoped for a chageftThe country people, however, who were fleeing from theirfields had brought news of the depredations and approach ofthe enemy. His fleet had also been seen during the day, andit was obvious that they would not have taken their stationbefore the city without some special reason. An armed force wasaccordingly drawn up outside the gate which faced the sea.The enemy approached the walls in disorder, soldiers and sea-men were mixed together, and there was much more noise and tumult than fighting strength. Suddenly the gate was thrown open and the Romans burst out with a cheer;the enemy were thrown into confusion, turned their backs at the very first discharge of missiles and were pursued with heavy loss down to the shore. - If the ships had not been brought up close to the beach and so afforded a means of escape, not a single fu乡tive would have survived.On the ships, too, there was hurry and confusion;the crews drew up the ladders,lestthe enemy should clamber on board with their comrades, and cut the cables and hawsers so as not to lose time in weighing anchor. who tried to swim to the ships could not see in the darkness -what direction to take orwhatdangers to avoid, and perished ·miserably. The next day,afterthe fleet had regained the ocean, it was discovered that 80o men had been killed between the wall and the shore and as many as Zooo arms of different finds picked up.