After this Mandonius summoned a meeting of the national council, at which loud complaints were uttered about the disasters they had incurred, and the authors of the war were strongly denounced. It was resolved to send envoys to make a formal surrender and offer to give up their arms. They threw all the blame on Indibilis for starting the war, and on the other chieftains also, most of whom had fallen in the battle. The ，eply they received was that their surrender would only be ac cept ed on condition of their giving up Mandonius alive and the other instigators of the war;failing this, the Roman army would march into the country of the Ilergetes and Ausetani, and into the territories of other nations one after another. When this reuly was retorted to the council，Mandonius and the other cniets were at once arrested ana nanctea over for punishment. Peace was re-established amongst the Spanish tribes. They were required to furnish double pay for the troops that year, a six months' supply of corn, and cloaks and togas for the army. Hostages were also demanded from about thirty tribes. Landing o f Laelius in Africa.-In this way the revolt in Spain was crushed without any serious disturbance and all the terror of our arms was turned towards Africa. C. Laelius reached Hippo Regius in the night, and at daybreak his soldiers and the crews of the vessels were sent ashore for the purpose of ravaging the surround ing country. As the inhabitants were all peacefully pursuing their avocations and susoectina no danger. considerable mischief was done am ongst them. Wild alarm was spread through Carthage by the breathless fugitives, who declared of Scipio; that a Roman fleet had arrived under the commandthe report of his having crossed over to Sicily had alabroad. As no one was quite clear as to how manybeen sighted, or what was the strength of the force ready got ships had that was landed, they were led by. their fears to exaggerate everything. When they had recovered from the first shock of alarm they were filled with consternation and grief.“ Has Fortune.'’thev asked，“so completely changed that the nation which in the 州de of victory had an army before the walls of Rome, and after making so many of the enemy's armies bite the dust forced or persuaded into submission all the peoples of Italv. a几a， should now in the recoil of war have to witness the desolation of Africa and the siege of Carthage without having anything like the resources which the Romans have wherewith to meet these troubles?In the Roman plebs and in Latium they are supplied with a soldiery which is always growing more efficient and more numerous to replacea 11 、llthe armies they have lost, whilst our common people are utterly unwarlike whether in town or country· We have to hire mercenaries from amongst the Africans, upon whom no dependence can be placed, who are as fickle as the wind. The native sovereigns are hostile now; Syphax has quite turned against us since h is interview with Masinissa has openly enlydedrdeclaed himself our bitterest Nowhere does there appear the slightest prospect of