another leaf of her Atlas, and pointing to it. "Here it is!" and she went on reading.

Vespasian marched his soldiers to Ptolemais, where they were met by the citizens of Sepphoris, who wished to remain in peace with the Romans, and who intreated Agrippa to assist them in defending their city. Sepphoris was the largest city of Galilee, and a place of such importance to the Romans, that Vespasian undertook to provide Roman soldiers to assist the inhabitants to keep it.

Galilee is divided into two parts, Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee.

"Here they are," said Fanny; "and may I tell you, Aunt, how they are bounded?" "You may, my dear," said Aunt Jane. FANNY. Galilee is bounded on the north by the mountains of Lebanon, on the south by Samaria, on the west by Phoenicia, and on the east by Iturea.

AUNT JANE. Thank you, Fanny; and now, Anne, go on.

These two Galilees had been always so surrounded by foreign enemies, that their inhabitants were trained to war from their

early youth, and were famous for their courage. The soil is very rich, and the inhabitants cultivate it with great industry. The cities were very numerous, and the little villages lay so thick between, that the inhabitants were very plentiful.

The country of Perea was more of a desert than Galilee, but a small part of it being cultivated; yet it produced most kinds of fruit, and olives, vines, and palm-trees might be seen growing in its plains. It was watered by torrents falling from the mountains, and by springs, which never failed to flow, even when the heat of summer caused the torrents to stop.

AUNT JANE. You remember, Anne, where Perea is?

ANNE. Yes, Aunt, I can find it in a minute, if Fanny will turn the map to me. She found it, and went on reading.

Samaria lay between Judea and Galilee, and was full of kills and valleys. It had abundance of trees, and abounded in autumnal fruits, both wild and cultivated. It was watered chiefly by rain water, which was very sweet, and the grass was so fine that

the cattle yielded more milk than those of any neighbouring country.

On the northern boundary of Judea lay a village called Amiath: the southern parts of Judea were bounded by a village adjoining the confines of Arabia. Its breadth extended from the river Jordan to Joppa.

Jerusalem itself was in the very middle of Judea, and was called the royal city. Vespasian sent a body of men to assist the inhabitants of Sepphoris. They were commanded by Placidus the Tribune; they pitched their camp in two bodies on the plain, the foot to guard the city, and the horse the camp. These horsemen kept overrunning the country, and they plundered the enemy by night and by day, stealing the cattle, and taking the weaker people prisoners. The only refuge the Jews had was to retire to the cities that Josephus had wisely surrounded by walls.

Titus, who was son to Vespasian, and who had already distinguished himself by his acts of valour, came, as soon as he possibly could, from Alexandria, and brought his brave legions to join his father at Ptolemais;

the King of Arabia likewise sent some soldiers, so that the whole army assembled under Vespasian amounted to sixty thousand

men.

Besides these were the servants, who followed in great numbers, and who were taught the art of fighting, so that they were of as much use to their masters in times of war as in times of peace.

"A very wise regulation," said Aunt Mary. "I cannot but admire the Romans for it. How much better than carrying about with them a train of useless beings, such as we read of in the wars of the Persians! But go on, Anne: I dare say Josephus will save us the trouble of admiring the wisdom and prudence of the Romans."

The Romans from their infancy were ac customed to the use of arms; warlike exercises were their daily practice, so that it must be confessed that the success of the Romans was as much owing to their own valour as to good fortune. The first thing they did when they went into an enemy's country was to build a wall round their camp, so that they might have no fear of being

surprised. Towers were built at equal distances about this wall, and between these towers stood engines ready for throwing arrows and darts, and for slinging stones, to annoy the enemy if they approached too near. They made four large gates in the wall, to let in the beasts; and they divided the camp within into streets, the commanders' tents being in the middle of the streets; and the general's own tent, which was made something like a temple, they placed in the midst of all: so that the camp looked like a city built all at once, with a market-place in its centre. Their times for sleeping, and watching, and rising, were made known by the sound of trumpets. Every thing was done by a signal: when they were to leave their camp to fight the trumpets sounded, and they took down their tents; the trumpets sounded again for them to march, and they all laid their baggage on their mules, set fire to their camp, and were ready to start.

"Dear Aunt," said Anne, "I wonder they should set fire to their camp! they might want it again."

"I have no doubt they were afraid of its