The third body of men are more heavily armed. On the ground near
the sleepers lie helmets and massive shields. They have tightly
fitting jerkins of well-tanned leather, their arms are spears and
battleaxes. They are the heavy infantry of Carthage. Very various
is their nationality; fair skinned Greeks lie side by side with
swarthy negroes from Nubia. Sardinia, the islands of the Aegean,
Crete and Egypt, Libya and Phoenicia are all represented there.

They are recruited alike from the lower orders of the great city
and from the tribes and people who own her sway.

Near the large grove in which the troops are encamped is a smaller
one. A space in the centre has been cleared of trees, and in this
a large tent has been erected. Around this numerous slaves are
moving to and fro.

A Roman cook, captured in a sea fight in which his master, a wealthy
tribune, was killed, is watching three Greeks, who are under his
superintendence, preparing a repast. Some Libyan grooms are rubbing
down the coats of four horses of the purest breed of the desert,
while two Nubians are feeding, with large flat cakes, three elephants,
who, chained by the leg to trees, stand rocking themselves from
side to side.

The exterior of the tent is made of coarse white canvas; this is
thickly lined by fold after fold of a thin material, dyed a dark
blue, to keep out the heat of the sun, while the interior is hung
with silk, purple and white. The curtains at each end are looped
back with gold cord to allow a free passage of the air.