Did you count the camels ?" "Two hundred and eight," said I.
"How many armed men with them ?" he asked.

"My eyes are yet dim from the blow." "One hundred and four," said I, "and an officer or two." He nodded.

"The prisoners would have been a nuisance," he said, "yet we might have used them later.

What with camels and what with horses--and there is a good spot for an ambuscade through which they must pass presently--I went and surveyed it while they cooked my dinner--never mind, never mind!" said he.

"If you had made a mistake it would have been disastrous.