Azelmic, therefore, secretly despatched special Envoys to his only remaining ally,--viz., Carthage,--for no other nation could be with safety applied to in any emergency,--except Sidon,--for the treatment by the Tyrians to other countries had alienated every sentiment of National friendship. In their pride and prosperity they had forgotten that adversity may come! Sidon had capitulated, and received nearly an alien King,--Carthage, therefore, alone remained. Azelmic's ambassadors were received by the Tyro-Carthaginians with every demonstration of respect, as being due to a Nation from which they themselves had sprung. The answer to the application for an Army to oppose the advance of Alexander upon Tyrus, could only be divulged by, and within the Senate of the Republic; the Envoys were, therefore, courteously dismissed with presents and honours, together with the assurance that a speedy reply should be sent to the Island-Capital. In the mean time, the policy of Azelmic was still further employed to circumvent that of Alexander's,--for during the absence of the Envoys he endeavoured to flatter the wily Macedonian in his own manner; and thereupon sent as a present to him a splendid golden Crown, as a friendly compliment:--this was received with apparent feelings of amity, and in return, Philip's Son desired to _honour_ Tyrus by worshipping in person, (with his Officers,) in the Temple of Hercules-Apollo! Azelmic sarcastically replied to this effect, on behalf of Tyrus,--viz., that the _honour_ intended by Alexander in _entering the Metropolis_, and worshipping, with his followers, (for his _suite_ would have been the entire Army) in the Chief Temple of the Nation was duly appreciated, and more than they _deserved_, or were desirous of _receiving_,--that since the Hero of Macedon only desired to pay his tribute of respect to the Temple of Hercules-Apollo, that could be done amid the Ruins of the _Old Temple on the Mainland_; and that from the summit of the walls of the Island-City,--Azelmic, his Nobles, and People, would witness the ceremony! Alexander, of course, declined the offer,--at once perceiving that his scheme of entering Tyrus was frustrated: and he, also, almost simultaneously with this invitation to worship in the Ruined Temple, received intelligence of the important embassy secretly sent to Carthage. Alexander, therefore, instantly found that he had cause to view in Azelmic and his People, foes whose forethought and consequent judgment, might replace any deficiency that might be apparent from the want of an organised Army. The two rival Monarchs awaited with anxiety the reply of Carthage. In the mean time the Republican Senate [333 B. C.] held the final conference upon the subject of the Tyrian solicitation,--and thereupon, deputed thirty of the chief Citizens of Carthage as a delegation, to convey to Azelmic the following unlooked for reply: viz.--That the Senate viewed with deep condolence the