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e'lElSLAR'8 CAMP. 81The tr~veller has no business here without thi8 author in his hand.TheFottde Gardon (Cresar's camp) would be a strong post in the presentday. It does notanlount to a position. On the scale of warfare inCresar's day, it was adequate to what the powers of destruction extendedto.The scientific powers are tobe understood. It i5 hard toresîstthesurmise thatCœsar's'aeeoilnt ls drawnup with quite asmuchregard to effect as to l'eality. But therecan exist no doubtas ta thegeneral facts; and here indeed he showed himself a consummate generaI.By what magical spell did Cresar turn the heads of his antagonists,that they should permit Mm to execute the fedious, laborions,precarious operation of turning the waters of the treacherous Sigre,whereby their doom was sealed, uUder their very camp?It wereto bewished that those blest llwith lei5ure and convenience would endeavourto trace thcse canals. The little knon in the plainbetween Cresar'scamp and the town is now perfectly conspicuous, and seems as if itpresented itself for the purpose of giving the great warrior an opportunityof composing a pompous description. Along clay Qf investigationrnight here bepassed in ,an interesting manner, since the scenery of thecampaign lies within the limits of a morning'sride.taken place in the face of N aturesince those days.No change hasShort and compressedasCa3sar's local descriptions are, tbeyare perfectly clear andaccuratè''*. ']ltnvlittle analogy must existe behveen ancientandmod'crnwarfare!#< Those of the Spanish poet lLre more descÎ'Îptiv~l.r so.LERmA.Colle tumet modico, lenique excrevitih altumPingue solum tumulo: super hune fundata vetU$tâSurgit Iler.da manu----