Erat insula in flumine amplior ceteris, silvestris eadem et tegendis insidiis apta, fossa quoque praealta haud procul ripa quam tenebat ipse non pedites modo sed etiam cum equis  viros poterat abscondere; igitur ut a custodia huius opportunitatis oculos hostium averteret, Ptolomaeum omnibus turmis obequitare iussit procul insula et subinde Indos clamore terrere, quasi flumen transnaturus  foret.
There was an island in the river larger than the rest, wooded also and suitable for concealing an ambuscade, moreover in a very deep ditch not far from the bank which he himself held he could conceal not only foot-soldiers but even men and their horses;  therefore, in order to distract the enemys attention from guarding against this advantageous place, he ordered Ptolemy with all his cavalry to ride to a point far from that island, and from time to time to alarm the Indi by shouts, as if they were going to  swim across the river.
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