them. The horses standing near suffer more; the lather stands on
their sides, their flanks heave, and from time to time they stretch
out their extended nostrils in the direction from which, when the
sun sinks a little lower, the breeze will begin to blow.

The occupants of the grove are men of varied races, and, although
there is no attempt at military order, it is clear at once that
they are divided into three parties. One is composed of men more
swarthy than the others. They are lithe and active in figure,
inured to hardship, accustomed to the burning sun. Light shields
hang against the trees with bows and gaily painted quivers full of
arrows, and near each man are three or four light short javelins.
They wear round caps of metal, with a band of the skin of the
lion or other wild animal, in which are stuck feathers dyed with
some bright colour. They are naked to the waist, save for a light
breastplate of brass. A cloth of bright colours is wound round
their waist and drops to the knees, and they wear belts of leather
embossed with brass plates; on their feet are sandals. They are
the light armed Numidian horse.

Near them are a party of men lighter in hue, taller and stouter in
stature. Their garb is more irregular, their arms are bare, but
they wear a sort of shirt, open at the neck and reaching to the
knees, and confined at the waist by a leather strap, from which
hangs a pouch of the same material. Their shirts, which are of
roughly made flannel, are dyed a colour which was originally a
deep purple, but which has faded, under the heat of the sun, to
lilac. They are a company of Iberian slingers, enlisted among the
tribes conquered in Spain by the Carthaginians. By them lie the
heavy swords which they use in close quarters.