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i-ight. Fourth, the jugal on the left. T mention this, 

 as it will be necefTary to explain fome terms which the 

 reader will meet with in Homer, in Sophocles, and in feve- 

 ral of the other claffics. 



Let the reader be led next, by this inquiry, into the 

 application of this equipage ; thus compofcd, and thus 

 exercifed to adlual fervice in war, he will find thefe 

 chariots acfting as diftindl fmgle bodies, in ruihing 

 upon and breaking the ranks of the infantry, fome- 

 times by a dire(51: perpendicular attack upon the front, but 

 more commonly by wheeling fuddenly to the right 

 or left, and bearing down in a tranfverfe line along tlje 

 front, fo as to elude the points of the enemy's fpears 

 advanced in front. He will find them fometimes Hop- 

 ping fliort upon a fudden halt, and (landing unmoved; 

 while the officer, who was carried in them, jumps 

 down upon the ground, and puts himfelf at the 

 head of the infantry, or engages in fingle combat. 

 At other times he will find them coming fhort about, 

 and retreating. He will find them, upon other occa- 

 fions, a(Sting in a compaft corps, formed into a rank in- 

 tire, in order to break the enemy's front, and then, by 

 their various evolutions, making way for the infantry 

 to pafs up to action ; at other times he will find them 

 drawn up in a body upon the wings, and fometimes 

 as a corps de referve in the rear. In fliort, if we 

 confider thefe chariots, trained as they were with fuch 

 fkill and difcipline, and exercifed to fuch great per- 

 feiJtion, in wheeling to right and left with fudden and 



impetu- 



