But for want of an instructor they had disputes about it.

They would sit down breathless upon the tombs and then begin again.

Several even dieted themselves.

Some imagined that it was necessary to eat a great deal in order to acquire strength, while others who were inconvenienced by their corpulence weakened themselves with fasts in order to become thin.
Utica had already called several times upon Carthage for assistance; but Hanno would not set out until the engines of war had been supplied with the last screws.

He lost three moons more in equipping the one hundred and twelve elephants that were lodged in the ramparts.