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gubernatores. Nowadays eeamen take turns in steering a ship
on the prescribed course ; but when there were no compasses
steering was necessarily entrusted to specialists. The guhematoi;
who might be loosely compared to the master in a ship of
Nelson's time, had to observe sun, moon, and stars in order to
know where he was, fixed the course of the ship, steered her or
directed the steersman, and also performed on occasion the
duties of a pilot.
11, § 1. atque . . . resistere. Meusel {J.B., 1910, pp. 50-1;
1911, p. 100), remarking that in itinere resistere can only mean
' to defend themselves as they marched ', argues that if Caesar
had meant this, he would have added some such phrase as si ah
hostibus impetus fleret, and that, as the enemy were in full retreat,
no attack was to be feared. I have no doubt that the enemy
would have regarded the recall of the legions as a sign of fear ;
but I agree with Meusel that the passage is suspicious. See
X 5., pp. 687-8.
§ 2. reliquae . . . viderentur. I am inclined to believe that Meusel
is right in conjecturing that Caesar wrote reliquae refici posse,
magna tamen negotio viderentur. If the MS. reading is right,
tainen is used in what is called a concessive sense, and means
' at any rate ' or ' at least '.
§ 3. fahros. See C. (?., p. 579.
