Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1814. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... happened in this passage that which was strange and unusual: for, when the first had got over, those that followed were in very great hazard; for the river rose on a sudden, without any apparent cause, and swept away whole sholes of bodies at a time, which pat all into a consternation. The cause of this inuudation could not be found Out, though it was inquired into. Some imputed it to a dyke or sluice in the higer grounds, whose banks might be broken down, and so all its water ran into the Nile, by which means the ford was so much the higher: others conceived it was great rains that fell in the lands above which increased the waters of the river. But it was neither of these. But the true cause wlty the passage at first was without danger, was because the sand was then firm and unmoved; but afterwards, when by the treading of the horses and elephants, and the passage of the army, the sand was stirred and carried away by the force of the river, the ford by this means was, as it were, dug up, and made into holes, and so the passage was deeper in the middle of the river. Pcrdiccas therefore, not being able to pass the rest of his army over, was in a great strait, because those that had passed to the other side were very unequal to the force of the enemy, and those on this side of the river were not able to succour them. Hereupon he commanded all those that were landed in the island to return. The army thus forced to repass the river, those that could swim, and were strong-bodied men, with great difficulty recovered the otiier side of the Nile; but most of them lost their arms. The rest, who were not so skilful, some of them were drowned, and others were carried down the stream, and fell into the hands of the enemy. Very many for a long time tossed hither and thither... We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian (Volume 2); In Fifteen Books. to Which Are Added the Fragments of Diodorus, and Those Published by H. Valesius, I. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.