Atque (ut Tullius ait) ut etiam bestiae fame monitae plerumque ad eum locum ubi aliquando pastae sunt revertuntur, ita omnes instar turbinis degressi montibus impeditis et arduis, loca petivere mari confinia, per quae aviis latebrosis sese convallibusque occultantes, cum appeterent noctes'luna etiam tum cornuta, ideoque nondum solido splendore fulgente'nauticos observabant.
And, in the words of Cicero, as even wild animals, when warned by hunger, generally return to the place where they were once fed, so they all, swooping like a whirlwind down from their steep and rugged mountains, made for the districts near the sea; and hiding themselves there in pathless lurking-places and defiles as the dark nights were coming on'the moon being still crescent and so not shining with full brilliance'they watched the sailors.
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