ment at his hands. Nor would they in any case be likely to risk 

 the chances of a rising against him. In the third campaign we are 

 told that so great was the terror of his name> that the Britons 

 dared not hazard an engagement with the Romans. If this were 

 so amongst those who had barely seen him, how much greater 

 would be the terror amongst those in whose midst he had been for 

 so long a time ? Thus a kind of friendship would exist so long as 

 Agricola's power was felt, and this would doubtless provide him so 

 far with needful supplies — a fact he could scarcely count on had 

 he gone by the coast road, unless indeed we can show that he was 

 accompanied by ships. 



It may be thus seen that he would not therefore necessarily 

 place himself between two enemies. Besides, it is clear that 

 although the Britons were slow in coming to the idea that their 

 strength consisted in their unity, still tlie value of union was not 

 altogether unknown amongst them, and especially amongst the 

 Brigantes. Thus he could not be certain that the eastern Brigantes 

 would remain neutral whilst he fought their western brethren, the 

 Sestuntii. Had he gone by the coast road, he knew not but that 

 an alliance might be made against him. However, by going 

 through the Lune valley, such a contingency was entirely prevented, 

 and his position strengthened thereby. Besides, the Ordovices 

 had refused to meet him in the plain ; if the Sestuntii had likewise 

 refused to meet him, it is difficult to see how he could have con- 

 quered them by making a parade round their district; — sooner or 

 later he would have to go amongst them. He would therefore, 

 doubtless, go to the root of the matter, and attack them in their 

 own fastnesses, and at the earliest opportunity. This could best 

 be done by the inland route, for he would then have the advantage 

 of position in his "sudden incursions," which could thus be made 

 to the right and left of his line of advance down into the enemy's 

 country. 



And again : after a time he would have the advantage of a 

 known road. True, this was only a British trackway; still, following 

 even this, his advance would necessarily be more rapid than if he 

 crossed the "trackless wikl." 



