. Thackerayana;. \ Fortunately, there being a high wind, an ardent flame was quicklykindled, until the rock glowed with heat as fiery as the furnace burn-ing round it. Hannibal—if we may credit Titus Livius (for Polybius*does not mention the circumstance)—then caused a great quan-tity of vinegar to be poured upon the heated stone, which ran into * The most improbable part of this narrative, observes the historian, is,that Hannibal, in the very centre of the mountains, should have been able toobtain sufficiently large quantities of vinegar for the operations. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY 35 the fiss
. Thackerayana;. \ Fortunately, there being a high wind, an ardent flame was quicklykindled, until the rock glowed with heat as fiery as the furnace burn-ing round it. Hannibal—if we may credit Titus Livius (for Polybius*does not mention the circumstance)—then caused a great quan-tity of vinegar to be poured upon the heated stone, which ran into * The most improbable part of this narrative, observes the historian, is,that Hannibal, in the very centre of the mountains, should have been able toobtain sufficiently large quantities of vinegar for the operations. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY 35 the fissures of the rocks (already cracked by the heat of the fire),and caused them to soften and calcine to powder. By this con-trivance he prepared a road through the heart of the mountains,giving easy passage to his troops, their baggage, and even theirelephants.—Vol. I. p. 406.
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