"But when Santa Anna has taken us he will need a new census of his army." He looked around at the strong stone walls, and then at the resolute faces of the men near him.

But the garrison was small, pitifully small.
Ned left the walls and ate a little food that was cooked over a fire lighted in the convent plaza.

Then he wandered about the place looking at the buildings and inclosures.

The Alamo was so extensive that he knew Travis would be compelled to concentrate his defense about the church, but he wanted to examine all these places anyhow.
He wandered into one building that looked like a storehouse.

The interior was dry and dusty.