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They had concerted fresh measuies for a battle at sea, by improving Aoin the errors they had committed in the last engagementtr The change made in the galleys was^ that their prows were now shorter, and at lire same time stronger and more solid than be- fore. For this purpose^ they fixed great pieces of timber, projecting forward 4)M each side of the ^rows^ and to these pieces they joined beams, by way of props. The beanls extended to the length of six cubits 6n each side of the vessel, both wi...thin and without. By this they hoped to gain an advantage over the galleys of the Athenians, which did not dare, because of the weakness of their prows, to attack an enemy in front, but only in flank; not to mention that, should the battle be fought in the harbour, they would not have room to spread themselves, nor to pass between two galleys^ in which lay their greatest art, nor to tack about after 'they «h6uld have been repulsed, in order to returt^ Digitized by Google 254 HISTORY OF GREECE.
to the charge j whereas the Syracusans, by their being masters of the whole extent of the har- bour, would have all these advantages, and might reciprocally assist one another.
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They had concerted fresh measuies for a battle at sea, by improving Aoin the errors they had committed in the last engagementtr The change made in the galleys was^ that their prows were now shorter, and at lire same time stronger and more solid than be- fore. For this purpose^ they fixed great pieces of timber, projecting forward 4)M each side of the ^rows^ and to these pieces they joined beams, by way of props. The beanls extended to the length of six cubits 6n each side of the vessel, both wi...thin and without. By this they hoped to gain an advantage over the galleys of the Athenians, which did not dare, because of the weakness of their prows, to attack an enemy in front, but only in flank; not to mention that, should the battle be fought in the harbour, they would not have room to spread themselves, nor to pass between two galleys^ in which lay their greatest art, nor to tack about after 'they «h6uld have been repulsed, in order to returt^ Digitized by Google 254 HISTORY OF GREECE.
to the charge j whereas the Syracusans, by their being masters of the whole extent of the har- bour, would have all these advantages, and might reciprocally assist one another.
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