42                   THE  WRITING  OF  NARRATIVE  LATIN

soldiers.2 4. The Helvetii set fire to all their villages, towns,
cities, and buddings. They retreated into the territories of
their neighbors and began ^ to lay waste their lands. 5. The
famous Julius Caesar was in command of this army. 6. I shall
start for^ Gaul to-morrow with my best legion, but you will
retire to my fortified camp with the rest of my troops. 7. I will
send you my own cavalry, auxiliaries, and arms. They will
conquer the province for you. 8. The Haedui and the Helvetii
dwelt in Gaul: the former were always friends of the Romans;
the latter were their enemies. 9. The Gauls attack their neigh¬
bors from ambush, but they will not be able to defeat our troops
thus. 10. In these men I have the greatest confidence; those
men will attack even their friends from ambush. 11. Caesar
will not send his troops into the forest, for in this forest the enemy
are holding their troops in ambush. 12. Caesar sent his friend,
Labienus, to this province, but kept his ^ son in camp. 13. You
will at least wait for Caesar, for your troops cannot win without
him. I shall not wait for him, but shall withdraw into the
province. 14. I have myself seen Caesar, the famous general.
15. That plan will not defeat the enemy for us. 16. The very
fortifications of the camp .terrified the enemy.

I. Cf. 40, e. 2. No prep.; use obj. gen. 3. Cf. 3, c. 4. ad.
5. Note the ambiguity in English : you cannot tell whether it means
Caesar's son or Labienus'. Show the greater accuracy of the Latin
by writing the sentence both ways.
 

LESSON  VIII

PRONOUNS (Continued)

44. The relative pronoun in Latin agrees with its antecedent
in gender, number, and person; its case depends upon its relation
to the verb or to some other word of its own clause.