with fighting, were at last overtaken by the night. LX. Attack on the Roman Fleet.--On the morrow Scipio sent Laelius with the whole of the Roman and Numidian cavalry and some light-armed infantry in pursuit of Syphax and Hasdrubal. The.cities in the neighbourhood, all o f which were subject to Carthage, he attacked successively with his main bodv:some he won by appealing to their hones and fears. 口‘砂a‘v a， some he took by storm. L;arthage was in a state of terrible vanic, thev felt quite sure that when he had subtugated all their neighbours m the rapid progress or nis arms, ne wouia maze a suaaen attacx on t,arthane. The walls were repaired and protected by outworks, and each man carried off from the fields, on his own account, 琴5今 ·I.-A- k }y一; what would enable him to endure a long siege. Few ventured to mention the word“peace”in the senate, niany were·in favour of recalling Hannibal, the majority were of opinion that the fleet which was intended to intercept supplies should be一 sent to destroy， the ships anchored off Utica,_ possibly the naval came as wen. which, was insumciently guarded. l nls proposal iouna most savour, at the same rime they aeciaea to send to Hannibal,“for even," it was argued,“supposing that the naval. operations were completely successful, the si电e of Utica would be only partly raised, and then there was the defence of Carthage--they had no general but Hannibal, no army but his that coul3 undertake that task." The next day the ships were launched. and at the saYrte 呼me a party of delegates set sail for The critical state of a廿airs acted as strong stimulus, eve was done with feverish energy, any one who showed on or slackness was regarded as a traitor to the safety of all. As Scipio was making slow progress,外army being en-. .11 0 cumbered with the spous or many clues, ne_ sent tree prisoners and the rest of the booty to ills old camp at Utica. As harthage 一。二。.，}in n!-},dn},}se 1,e t"o,OsnA TVsV,n+n b }rnr;. -}in} }},a WPID“。竹1112 V川““V‘，11G ZG.LGGIA 1 Y 11G &b, JUL Vila n lil%rll‘““ fifteen miles from Carthage, garrison had fled, a place aboutprotected by its natural situationIt is visible from Carthage and its as well as妙defensive works.