Moreover," he added, "we are old friends." Matho, however, was looking at Spendius, who, seated on the sheep-skins, was listening, and giving little nods of assent the while.

Narr' Havas continued speaking.

He called the gods to witness he cursed Carthage.

In his imprecations he broke a javelin.

All his men uttered simultaneously a loud howl, and Matho, carried away by so much passion, exclaimed that he accepted the alliance.
A white bull and a black sheep, the symbols of day and night, were then brought, and their throats were cut on the edge of a ditch.