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distributed punishments, with reproaches to Giddenem; and Giddenem,

ox-like, bent his low forehead, with its two broad intersecting



eyebrows.

"See, Eye of Baal," he said, pointing out a sturdy Libyan, "here is



one who was caught with the rope round his neck."

"Ah! you wish to die?" said the Suffet scornfully.



"Yes!" replied the slave in an intrepid tone.

Then, without heeding the precedent or the pecuniary loss, Hamilcar



said to the serving-men:

"Away with him!"



Perhaps in his thoughts he intended a sacrifice. It was a misfortune

which he inflicted upon himself in order to avert more terrible ones.



Giddenem had hidden those who were mutilated behind the others.

Hamilcar perceived them.



"Who cut off your arm?"

"The soldiers, Eye of Baal."



Then to a Samnite who was staggering like a wounded heron:

"And you, who did that to you?"



It was the governor, who had broken his leg with an iron bar.

This silly atrocity made the Suffet indignant; he snatched the jet



necklace out of Giddenem's hands.

"Cursed be the dog that injures the flock! Gracious Tanith, to cripple



slaves! Ah! you ruin your master! Let him be smothered in the

dunghill. And those that are missing? Where are they? Have you helped



the soldiers to murder them?"

His face was so terrible that all the women fled. The slaves drew back



and formed a large circle around them; Giddenem was frantically

kissing his sandals; Hamilcar stood upright with his arms raised above



him.

But with his understanding as clear as in the sternest of his battles,



he recalled a thousand odious things, ignominies from which he had

turned aside; and in the gleaming of his wrath he could once more see



all his disasters simultaneously as in the lightnings of a storm. The

governors of the country estates had fled through terror of the



soldiers, perhaps through collusion with them; they were all deceiving

him; he had restrained himself too long.



"Bring them here!" he cried; "and brand them on the forehead with red-

hot irons as cowards!"



Then they brought and spread out in the middle of the garden, fetters,

carcanets, knives, chains for those condemned to the mines, cippi for



fastening the legs, numellae for confining the shoulders, and

scorpions or whips with triple thongs terminating in brass claws.



All were placed facing the sun, in the direction of Moloch the

Devourer, and were stretched on the ground on their stomachs or on



their backs, those, however, who were sentenced to be flogged standing

upright against the trees with two men beside them, one counting the



blows and the other striking.

In striking he used both his arms, and the whistling thongs made the



bark of the plane-trees fly. The blood was scattered like rain upon

the foliage, and red masses writhed with howls at the foot of the



trees. Those who were under the iron tore their faces with their

nails. The wooden screws could be heard creaking; dull knockings



resounded; sometimes a sharp cry would suddenly pierce the air. In the

direction of the kitchens, men were brisking up burning coals with



fans amid tattered garments and scattered hair, and a smell of burning

flesh was perceptible. Those who were under the scourge, swooning, but



kept in their positions by the bonds on their arms, rolled their heads

upon their shoulders and closed their eyes. The others who were



watching them began to shriek with terror, and the lions, remembering

the feast perhaps, stretched themselves out yawning against the edge



of the dens.

Then Salammbo was seen on the platform of her terrace. She ran wildly



about it from left to right. Hamilcar perceived her. It seemed to him

that she was holding up her arms towards him to ask for pardon; with a



gesture of horror he plunged into the elephants' park.

These animals were the pride of the great Punic houses. They had



carried their ancestors, had triumphed in the wars, and they were

reverenced as being the favourites of the Sun.



Those of Megara were the strongest in Carthage. Before he went away

Hamilcar had required Abdalonim to swear that he would watch over



them. But they had died from their mutilations; and only three

remained, lying in the middle of the court in the dust before the



ruins of their manger.

They recognised him and came up to him. One had its ears horribly



slit, another had a large wound in its knee, while the trunk of the




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