[*] 122.12. sub sinistra: i.e. he had drifted to the northeast （see map, Fig. 65）. The voyage has been carefully calculated as follows: Caesar weighed anchor at sunset （about 8 P.M.）. A gentle breeze was then blowing from the southwest; but at the same time a tidal current was setting towards the southwest. Under the impulse of these two forces, the fleet kept a north-westerly course until about midnight. The wind then died down, and the current also began to set in the opposite direction （northeast）. With this current the Romans drifted, and at dawn the British coast appeared on their left. They had passed by （relictam） the North Foreland, and were drifting farther away from the land. But at about this time （5 A.M.） the tide changed, and the current again began to flow towards the southwest. With its help, and that of the oars, the fleet now began to move tou arcs the land, aiming to reach the same point that had been found in the previous expedition to be the most convenient for debarking. Here they arrived at about noon （von Göler）.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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