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vēnātiō II

tum Phormiō nōs ad rīpam flūminis dūxit, ubi scaphae, quās
comparāverat, dēligātae erant. postquam scaphās
cōnscendimus, ad palūdem, in quā crocodīlī latēbant, cautē
nāvigāvimus. ubi mediae palūdī appropinquābāmus, Barbillus
5  Phormiōnī signum dedit. haedōs Phormiō in aquam iniēcit.
crocodīlī, ubi haedōs cōnspexērunt, praecipitēs eōs petēbant.
tum Aethiopes crocodīlōs agitāre coepērunt. hastās ēmittēbant
et crocodīlōs interficiēbant. magna erat fortitūdō crocodīlōrum,
maior tamen perītia Aethiopum. mox multī crocodīlī mortuī
10  erant.
    subitō ingentem clāmōrem audīvimus.
    'domine!' clāmāvit Phormiō. 'hippopotamus, quem Aethiopes
ē palūde excitāvērunt, scapham Barbillī ēvertit. Barbillum et trēs
servōs in aquam dēiēcit.'
15      quamquam ad Barbillum et ad servōs, quī in aquā natābant,
celeriter nāvigāvimus, crocodīlī iam eōs circumvēnerant. hastās
in crocodīlōs statim ēmīsimus. ubi crocodīlōs dēpulimus,
Barbillum et ūnum servum servāre potuimus. sed postquam
Barbillum ex aquā trāximus, eum invēnimus vulnerātum. hasta,
20  quam servus ēmīserat, umerum Barbillī percusserat. Barbillus ā
servō suō graviter vulnerātus erat.

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