When the moment for departure came, Scipio ordered the herald to proclaim silence throughout the fleet and put up the following prayer:“Ye gods and goddesses of sea and land, I pray and beseech you to vouchsafe a favourable issue to all that has been done or is being done now or will be done hereafter under my command. May all turn out happily for the and plebs of Rome. for our allies of the Latin name. for all who have the cause of Rome at heart, and for all who are marchine beneath my standard.under my auspices and V了产J command, by land or sea or stream. Grant us your gracious help in all our doings, crown our efforts with success.. Bring these my soldiers and myself safe home again, victorious over our conauered foes. adorned with their spoils, loaded with booty and exulting m triumph. Pnabie us to avenge ourselves on our enemies and grant to the people of Rome and to me the Dower to inflict exemplary chastisement on the city of Carthage, and to retaliate upon ner all the injury that ner peope nave sought to do to us." As he nnisnea ne threw the .raw entrails of the victim into the sea with the accustomed ritual.'s Then he ordered the trumpeter to sound the signal for departure, and as the wind which was tavourable to tnem iresnenea they were quickly carried out of sight. In the afternoon they were enveloped in so thick a tog that thev had difficulty in keeping their ships一from fouling one another. and as they got out to sea the wind arowea. .uurmg the night a similar fog prevailed，which dispersed after sunrise. and at the same the wind freshened. At last they descried land, and a few minutes later the pilot informed Scipio that they were not more than five miles from the coast of Africa, and that the headland of Mercurius was plainly visible.'? If he would eive orders for him to steer for it, the man assured him，the whole of the meet wouia soon De in port. w men ne caught signs of. land Scipio offered a prayer that_ this first view of Africa,t t t t " tr t .t t t` might. bring good to himself， and to， the repUDllc.TT ., t r .t n t r， ，tie then gave orders for Tile neet To make for an anchorage., ., r*,t t r .t t t " t . "n turther sou饥.1 hey went More Tne wind which was still in the same quarter, but a fog which came up about the same time as on the day before blotted out the view of the land and made the wind fall. As night came on everything became and to avoid all risk of the ships coming into collision ashore it decided to cast· anchor. When it grew the wind freshened from the same auarter. and JL产 the dispersal of the fog revealed， the entire coastline， of. Africa. Scipo enquired the name of the nearest headland, and‘on learning that was called Pulchrum(“-Cape Beautiful”)he ，_，“?_____走走t_______人_~_才__:‘，，护飞，t.丈，‘~J-L__一~_1_止 remarked, t accept tie Omen, steer LOr 11L. 111C HUM UrUUU11T' up there and the whole of the force was landed. This description of the vo yage as favourable panied by any confusion or alarms. rests upon the stz of numerous Greek and Latin authorities. According to Coelius, though the fleet wa弓 not actually submerged by the waves, it was exposed to every possible danger from sea and sky, and was at last driven from the African coast to the island of Aegimurus, and from here with great difficulty succeeded in getting on the right course. He adds that as the ships were leaking badly. and all but sinking. the soldiers took to the }oats