VI. An Army of Asiatics Trained under the Macedonian Discipline 378 VII. Navigation of the Tigres 379 VIII. The Macedonians Offended at Alexander 381 IX. Alexander’s Speech 383 X. Alexander’s Speech (_continued_) 386 XI. Reconciliation between Alexander and his Army 387 XII. Ten Thousand Macedonians sent Home with Craterus.—Disputes between Antipater and Olympias 390 XIII. The Nisaean Plain.—The Amazons 393 XIV. Death of Hephaestion 395 XV. Subjugation of the Cossaeans.—Embassies from Distant Nations 398 XVI. Exploration of the Caspian.—The Chaldaean Soothsayers 400 XVII. The Advice of the Chaldees rejected 402 XVIII. Predictions of Alexander’s Death 404 XIX. Embassies from Greece.—Fleet prepared for Invading Arabia 406 XX. Description of Arabia.—Voyage of Nearchus 408 XXI. Description of the Euphrates and the Pallacopas 411 XXII. An Omen of Alexander’s Approaching Death 412 XXIII. The Army Recruited from the Persians.—Hephaestion’s Memory Honoured 414 XXIV. Another Omen of Alexander’s Death 417 XXV. Alexander Seized with Fever 418 XXVI. Alexander’s Death 420 XXVII. Rumour that Alexander was Poisoned 421 XXVIII. Character of Alexander 422 XXIX. Apology for Alexander’s Errors 424 XXX. Eulogy of Alexander 425 Index of Proper Names 429 ERRATA. Page 3. Four lines from the bottom, for Anab. v. 1, _read_ v. 5, 1. Page 8. Note 1, for Diod., xix. 93, 94; _read_ xvi. 93, 94. Note 3, for Diod., xvi. 85; _read_ xvii. 4. Page 48. For Onares _read_ Omares. Page 108. (Note) for Zeph. i. 2; _read_ 11. Page 116. (Note) for _Paradise Lost_, viii. 18; _read_ i. 446. LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ARRIAN.