Nuntiabant autem quaedam auditu, alia aditu comperta; insulam ostio amnis obiectam auro abundare, inopem equorum esse'singulos eos compererant ab eis, qui ex continenti traicere auderent, singulis  talentis emi'plenum esse beluarum mare; aestu secundo eas ferri magnarum navium corpora aequantes, tubae cantu deterritas sequi classem, cum magno aequoris strepitu velut demersa navigia subisse aquas.
They reported some things from hearsay, others which they had learned from observation: that there was an island opposite the mouth of the river, which abounded in gold, but lacked horses'these, they had learned, were bought at a talent apiece from those who ventured to bring them from the mainland'that the sea was full of  whales; that these, huge as great ships, floated with the course of the tide, and when frightened off by the blast of the trumpet, from following the ships, plunged under the water with a great roaring of the sea, like so many sunken vessels.
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