Primo dubius quidnam insolita facies ostenderet'nam inter virgulta equi Numidaeque consederant, neque plane occultati humilitate arborum et tamen incerti quidnam esset, quom natura loci tum dolo ipsi atque signa militaria obscurati'dein brevi cognitis insidiis paulisper agmen constituit.
At first the Roman wondered what in the world the unusual appearance of things signified (for the Numidians and their horses had taken up a position amid the brushwood, and while they were not entirely hidden owing to the lowness of the trees, even so it was difficult to make out just what they were, since the men and their standards were concealed both by the nature of the place and by conscious effort); then, having soon detected the ambush, Metellus briefly halted his line of march.
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