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front ; by which skilful manoeuvre the surrounded bands were 

 again at liberty to act, and the enemy, still fighting with undaunted 

 courage, were vigorously assailed on every quarter. In this situation, 

 the contest of barbarian with veteran and disciplined troops, how- 

 ever violent, could not be lasting ; and accordingly, after having a 

 thousand Scythians slain on the spot, and among them Satraces, 

 their general, the remainder sought their safety in that rapid flight 

 for which their excellent horses were so well calculated. The 

 Macedonians pursued ; but, such was the celerity of the retreating 

 foe, that, after suffering severely from the excessive heat and from 

 ardent thirst, (for it was now the height of summer,) they were com- 

 pelled to return in possession of only one hundred and fifty prisoners. 

 A thousand also of the Macedonians, according to Curtius, were, 

 on this occasion, wounded ; and sixty horse and one hundred foot 

 were slain : a number far greater than is recorded to have fallen in 

 the battle of the Granicus*. The boast of the Scythians, therefore, 

 of superior fortitude and experience in war to the inhabitants of 

 Southern Asia was not entirely without foundation ; and Alexander, 

 after this fatal day, seemed to have no inclination for prolonging the 

 war with them, at least for the present. 



I do not mean to accompany Alexander farther through the 

 Northern Asia, though there still remains a vast field to be beaten by 

 the general historian and the geographer. I have attended him 

 thus far principally to give consistency to the character of this inde- 

 fatigable hero, with which I commenced the narration of his asto- 

 nishing exploits in Asia, and, with some farther remarks on which, 

 I shall conclude the history of his Indian campaign. 



During Alexander's abode, or rather migration, in these remote 

 northern regions, there arrived at his camp ambassadors from various 



* Arrian, lib. iv. cap. 4, and Curtius, lib. vii. cap. 9. 



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