They will form the second watch, and will go on guard at midnight.

I have bought two very sharp saws, and have cut two strong bamboos for the litter." This was constructed the next day.

It was very simple, being formed by sewing a blanket strongly to the two bamboos.

Two slighter bamboos, each four feet long, were tied loosely to the main poles.
These were to be lashed across, as soon as they had got beyond the palisade, so as to keep the poles three feet apart--which, as the blanket was four feet, from pole to pole, would allow it to bag comfortably.

The cross pieces could not be attached until they were beyond the palisade; for the window was but two feet wide, and it was therefore proposed to make the gap through the palisade the same width, only.
Late in the evening they entered the town, and sat down in a deserted corner until the time came for them to begin their work.
At last Meinik said that, by the stars, it was already past midnight; and they then proceeded to the spot where they had before climbed the palisade.