The devout leader, who, with such a reenforcement, appeared confident of victory, avoided the dangerous rocks of Corsica, coasted along the eastern side of Sardinia, and secured his ships against the violence of the south wind, by casting anchor in the and capacious harbor of Cagliari, at the distance of one hundred and forty miles from the African shores.

[48] [Footnote 43: He was of a mature age; since he had formerly (A.D.

373) served against his brother Firmus (Ammian.xxix.

5.) Claudian, who understood the court of Milan, dwells on the injuries, rather than the merits, of Mascezel, (de Bell.Gild.

389-414.) The Moorish war was not worthy of Honorius, or Stilicho, &c.] [Footnote 44: Claudian, Bell.Gild.