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less city in the same province, inhabited principally by Brachmans, 

 and these, on the precipitate flight of Sambus, had instigated the lead- 

 ing citi2ens, who had already submitted and been pardoned, to erect 

 again the standard of rebellion. It was speedily retaken, and exem- 

 plary vengeance inflicted on the Brachmans who advised the measure. 

 While the king was thus incessantly employed in subduing some 

 nations and recovering others, intelligence was brought that Mu- 

 sicanus himself had taken advantage, of his absence to break into 



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open revolt. Alexander was enraged at this outrageous breach of 

 faith, and immediately dispatched against him Python, the son of 

 Agenor, with an adequate force for the reduction of his whole king- 

 dom. This service he effectually accomplished, utterly destroying 

 some of his cities, erecting castles in all the others, and, at the same 

 time, leaving in them strong garrisons to prevent similar accidents in 

 future. After a diligent search, Musicanus was also discovered, and 

 brought in chains to Alexander, who ordered him to be carried back 

 into his own territories, and there publicly crucified, together with 

 those turbulent Brachmans, who, in this instance, not less than the 

 former, had essentially contributed to the public disquiet. About 

 this period, Mreris, the sovereign of Pattala, a noble island formed 

 by the current of the river, arrived in the camp, and made a vo- 

 luntary offer of his treasures and kingdom. Alexander received 

 him with marks of great respect and kindness, restored to him 

 the sceptre which he offered to surrender, and sent him back 

 to his capital, Avith orders to provide every thing necessary for 

 the entertainment of the fleet and army against their arrival in his 

 territories. 



Preparations were now made for continuing the navigation down 

 the Indus ; but, previously to the embarkation of the troops, Alexander 

 dispatched Craterus, with a considerable body of horse and foot, 

 as an escort to such of the auxiliary and Macedonian troops as were 



