After one dav's interval the kinLY decided to bring the whole of his cavalry and light-armed troops into action, During the night he concealed a body of }caetrati,19 whom they call peltasts, in a position between the two camps well adapted for an ambush, and instructed Athenagoras and his eaimlry in case the main battle went favourably to push their advantage, but if. not, to give ground slowly and draw， the enemy to}V 9 -14V .0典 place where the ambush was set.二 The， cavaury aid retire, outA _ , .. " 7. 7 0. 12 --t the officers of the corps of caetra ti did not wait long enough for the signal, 面d by sending their men forward before the right moment lost their chance of success. The Romans, victorious in the open battle and safe from the danger of ambuscade, returned to camp. The next day the consul went out to battle with his whole force. In front of his line were posted some elephants which the Romans were using for the first time. having captured some 乌J I 玩the Punic war. When he saw that the enemy were keeping quiet within their lines, he mounted some nsinz grouna close 、‘p几J to their rampart and taunted them with their timidity. Even then no chance of g .as forazinLy was by no means safe while the camps were in such close proximity since Philip's cavalry would attack his men when they were dispersed amongst the fields, he shifted his camp to a place called Ottolobum, about eight miles off, to allow of his foraging more safely owing to the greater distance. As long as一 the ng corn in the neighbourhood of their camp en within their lines in order that the enemy might grow more venturesome and careless. When he saw them scattered far afield he set o$ with the whole of his cavalry and the Cretan_auxiliaries at such_ a rapid pace that only the fleetest of the in娜trymen could. keep up with-In 0 -冬伙troopers. On reaching a position between the foragers. ana their侈粤p bo ri;VAAAA Me fnrr-p_ (one divisinn was sent in pursuit of the scattered foragers, with orders not to leave a single man alive; with the other he beset the various roads by which the enemy would have to return to their came. Now men were fleeine ana beme cut aown in alt airections. ana no one naa vet reacnea the xoman camp with tiaings of the aisaster because those wno fled， thither， fell into the hands of the. king's troops who were0 r ., , "11 1 V ., , , . . wailing for them., 11 11 1;more were xiuea by those. who were blocking.> 1 > 12 11 me roaas than by those who had been sent in pursuit. At past some who ha dmanaged to elude the enemv brought. in their excitement, more contusion unto the camp than definite information.