# The Gate to Cæsar

## CHAPTER XVII.

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1. Use of +quisquam+: 202, c.; H. 457. 2. Relative Clauses of Purpose: 317; H. 497, I. 3. Substitutes for Partitive Gen.: 216, c.; H. 397, N. 3.

1. Certain of the Belgæ went by night to the camp of the Nervii.

2. Cæsar says that certain men went[1] to the Nervii.

3. Many of the prisoners found out about the legions.

4. They were sent to their friends to report[2] the matter.

5. To lop trees is a matter[3] of no difficulty at all.

6. Men were sent ahead to select[4] a suitable place.

[NOTES.-- 1. went: _to have gone_. 2. to report: not the infinitive. 3. matter, etc.: recast, before trying to turn into Latin. 4. to select: try two ways.]