On arriving there they rode to the little camp, half a mile out of the town, where Sufder's troop was stationed.
"You don't carry your tents with you, when you are on service in the field ?" "Not when on an expedition where haste is needed; for we should make but poor progress, if we were hampered by luggage.

When on a distant expedition, we take tents.
"This is a standing camp, and there are a score like it round the town.

They always remain in the same position; sometimes one troop occupies them, sometimes another.

When we go on an expedition, we leave them; when we come back, if they are still unoccupied, we again take possession.

If they have been allotted to another troop, a vacant one is found for us.
"Only one regiment of horse and two of foot are in the city, where they have lines of huts.