What measures did he take for that purpose?
25.

Was he not deterred by the dangers of the way?
26.

What rendered this passage peculiarly difficult?
27.

Did these horrors render the attempt unsuccessful?
SECTION II.
With Hannibal I cleft yon Alpine rocks.
With Hannibal choked Thrasymene with slaughter; But, O the night of Cannae's raging field! When half the Roman senate lay in blood .-- _Young_.
1.

As soon as it was known at Rome, that Han'nibal, at the head of an immense army, was crossing the Alps, the senate sent Scip'io to oppose him; the armies met near the little river Tici'nus, and the Roman general was obliged to retreat with considerable loss.2.In the mean time, Han'nibal, thus victorious, took the most prudent precautions to increase his army; giving orders always to spare the possessions of the Gauls, while depredations were committed upon those of Rome; and this so pleased that simple people, that they declared for him in great numbers, and flocked to his standard with alacrity.
3.