AT THE CONQUEST. 9*1 



In his account of the campaign, he speaks of 

 the numbers, discipHne, and spirit of the natives, 

 as making them truly formidable. There never 

 seems to have been any thing like the attacks of 

 a mob of men. All appear to have been under 

 the controul of discipline ; attacking and retiring 

 in order. Their numerous horse and chariots 

 must have required abundant magazines, and no 

 mention is made of a deficiency of supplies. 

 The superiority of Roman arms and discipline, 

 superiority in the arts of war alone, appears to 

 have enabled the Romans to prevail to the extent 

 they did over the Britons. The Romans too, it 

 should be observed, had to contend with the 

 forces of but a small part of the island, and 

 that small part was disunited. If then, the great 

 Caesar, with a formidable army of veterans, 

 was obliged to expend a whole summer in 

 fighting with the disunited power of Kent and 

 Middlesex, and some of the adjoining parts, 

 and then found it necessary to abandon the 

 country, we may conclude, that the inhabitants 

 were really numerous, and possessed of means 

 of subsisting themselves and defending their 

 country, which should place them among popu- 

 lous and wealthy states, instead of enroUing 

 them among savage or barbarous tribes. 



From the period of the invasion by Caesar, 

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