They remained, therefore, in anxiety and distress, on the Italian shore.

As Caesar, on the other hand, advanced along the Macedonian shore, and drove Pompey back into the interior, he cut off the communication between Pompey's ships and the land, so that the fleet was soon reduced to great distress for want of provisions and water.

The men kept themselves from perishing with thirst by collecting the dew which fell upon the decks of their galleys.

Caesar's army was also in distress, for Pompey's fleets cut off all supplies by water, and his troops hemmed them in on the side of the land; and, lastly, Pompey himself, with the immense army that was under his command, began to be struck with alarm at the impending danger with which they were threatened.

Pompey little realized, however, how dreadful a fate was soon to overwhelm him.
[Sidenote: Caesar's impatience.] [Sidenote: He attempts to cross the Adriatic.] The winter months rolled away, and nothing effectual was done.