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Scenes of the spiral band running up the shaft

p117 IX. A wood.

The nature of the country explains the necessity of carefully feeling for the enemy and ascertaining his strength. The army is in a dense forest traversed, as we have seen, by rocky streams.

The legionaries are employed in clearing the wood. Three are cutting down trees with axes. Two carry a log of large scantling slung by a stout rope in the centre to a bar or pole, one end resting on the shoulders of each. Another with both arms is lifting a large piece of timber. This is preparatory to the erection of another fortified position. A small bridge is laid over a stream in this part. They are evidently constructing well laid roads through the country as they advance.

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