ITHmHo^  5.  7.)  They  daily  fille^the  atreets  with  tu-
mult and  uproar,  and  even  the  litigsnta  aometimes  de-
cided  their  cause  before  the  tribnnala  by  the  awon).
(Truftn,  5,  10.)  '  But  if  there  was  danger  within  the
walls  of  Tomi,  'destraction  lay  beyond  them.  Tribes,
who  forased  from  a  distance,  carried  oflT  the  flocha  and
burned  the  coitaeee.  From  tiw  insecurity  of  property
mnd  severity  of  climate,  the  fiel^««n  withtnt  grain,
the  hilla  without  vines,  the  noontatm  without  oaks,
arid  the  banks  witbont  willows.  {Trittitt,  3,  10,  71.)
Absintbiunx,  or  wormwood,  alone  grew  up  and  covered
the  [ilains.  {Bp.  e  Panto,  4,  8.)  Spring  brought
with  it  neither  birds  nor  Sowers.  In  summer  the  sun
nvely  broke  through  the  doudy  and  foggy  atmosphere.
