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current of the sea is driving us ; and unless /Eolus 

 sends breezes from another quarter, I shall be 

 carried to lands now forbidden to be approached 

 by me. For, lUyria being descried afar to the 

 left, the forbidden shores of Italy are beheld by 

 me. May the wind, I pray, cease to blow towards 

 the forbidden regions, and together with me, may 

 it obey the great Deity. While I am speaking, 

 and am, at the same moment, both longing and 

 fearing to be hurried back again, with what tre- 

 mendous force does the wave lash upon our sides ! 

 Spare me, ye Deities of the azure ocean, spare 

 me ; let it be enough that Jove is incensed with 

 me : save my wearied life from a cruel death, if, 

 indeed, one who is already undone can possibly be 

 saved from perishing. 



Ovid. 



For the Fisherman ■'C^ -;iy <;:i>' 



(From the Halieuticon ; trans.) 



T)UT I would not recommend you to go out 

 into the midst of the ocean, nor to try the 

 depths of the open sea. You will do better to 

 regulate your cable according to each kind of 

 locality. At one time, the spot may be rugged 

 with rocks ; such demands the pliant fishing-rods 

 whereas the smooth shore requires the not. Does 

 some lofty mountain send its deepening shadows 



