On the first day of his 组外retreat the咖reachedr ,“。place called Pyrrhus' Camp in inolossian 1 riphyna. 1-he next day he邓inedtheLycnon he gamed the Lycnon range, a tremendous march for his but their fears urged7" " 7 ". r "Sr，them on.，This，range， is in Spinr". aiviues it from Macedonia on the north and一1-nessaly( east. The mountain sides are clothed with dense fores 典summits， form a wide table-land with perennial streams二_ Here the King remained encamped for several days. unable to maze up. his mind whether to go straight back to his kingdom or whether it would be possible for him first to make an incursion into Thessaly. He d 4nd proceeded by the nearest route to Tricca, from which place he visited the surroundinLy cities in rabid succession. The men who were able to follow ham were compelled to quit their homes and the towns were burnt. All the property they could carry with them they were allowed to、 take away, the rest became the booty of the soldiers. There was no cruelty tha could have suffered from an enemy greater than that they experienced from their allies. These measures were extremely distasteful to Philip, but as the country would soon be in possession of the. enemy he was determined to keep. . .0 ... the persons at au events, of坦s allies out of their hands. The towns which were thus devastated were Phacium, Iresiae, Euhydrium, Eretria and Palaepharsalus. At Pherae the gates were closed against him, and as a -siege would have caused considerable delay and he had no time tc up the attempt and marched into Macedonia. His retreat was hastened by the news of the approach of the Aetolians. When they heard of the battle_which had taken place near the Aous, the Aetolians ravaged 'the country nearest to them round Sperchiae, and Macra Come, as it is called, and then crossing the frontiers of Thessaly they gained possession of Cymene and Angea at the first assault. Whilst they were devastating the fields round Metropolis’the townsmen who had mustered in force to defend their walls inflicted a repulse upon them. In an attack upon Callithera they met with similar resistance, but after an obstinate struggle they 山ove the defenders back within their walls. As there was no hope whatever of their ptur e of the place, they had to content themselves ccess. They next attacked the villages of Theuma and Celathara which they plundered. Acharrae they gair surrender; at Xyniae the terrified peasants fled and; oning their homes fell in 初比a detachment( were marching to Thaumaci to protect their fo ragers The unarmed and helpless crowd were slaughtered by the armed soldiery and the abandoned