I remember my first night on the hard ground, although `tis now sixteen years back, how my limbs ached and how I longed for morning.

Now, let me give you a hint how to make your beds comfortable.

Mind, this is not for the future, but till your limbs get accustomed to the ground you may indulge in luxuries.

Before you try to go off to sleep note exactly where your hip bones and shoulders will rest; take your daggers and scoop out the earth at these points so as to make depressions in which they may lie.

Then spread your lion skins above them and lie down.