De Bello Gallico 6.25

6.25.1Huius Hercyniae silvae, quae suprā dēmōnstrāta est, lātitūdō novem diērum iter expedītō patet: nōn enim aliter fīnīrī potest, neque mēnsūrās itinerum nōvērunt.

The breadth of this Hercynian forest, mentioned above, is a nine days' journey for a man traveling light; for it cannot be measured in any other way, and they do not know measures of distance.

Note. expedītō: dative, 'for an unencumbered traveler'. nōvērunt: perfect of nōscō with present meaning, 'they know'.

6.25.2Oritur ab Helvētiōrum et Nemetum et Rauracōrum fīnibus rēctāque flūminis Dānubī regiōne pertinet ad fīnēs Dācōrum et Anartium;

It begins at the borders of the Helvetii, the Nemetes and the Rauraci and runs straight along the line of the river Danube to the borders of the Daci and the Anartes;

6.25.3hinc sē flectit sinistrōrsus dīversīs ab flūmine regiōnibus multārumque gentium fīnēs propter magnitūdinem adtingit;

from there it turns to the left through regions away from the river, and because of its size it touches the borders of many peoples;

6.25.4neque quisquam est huius Germāniae, quī sē aut adīsse ad initium eius silvae dīcat, cum diērum iter LX prōcesserit, aut, quō ex locō oriātur, accēperit.

and there is no one in this part of Germany who says either that he has reached the beginning of the forest, though he has traveled for sixty days, or that he has heard where it begins.

Note. cum … prōcesserit: concessive, 'although he has gone on'.

6.25.5Multaque in eā genera ferārum nāscī cōnstat, quae reliquīs in locīs vīsa nōn sint;

It is well known that many kinds of wild animals are bred in it which have not been seen in other places;

6.25.5ex quibus quae maximē differant ab cēterīs et memoriae prōdenda videantur haec sunt.

those of them which differ most from the rest and seem worth recording are these.