Camp

And all of you may be assured of this, that we shall keep the night-watches for you outside the camp, but do you look out for what may happen in the tents and have your arms stacked conveniently;

Accordingly, when Cyrus had seen that the Persians had their dinner, he sent many of them out, when it was dark, in squads of five and ten, with orders to lie in hiding round about the camp;

Further, he added, let the herald proclaim that no one shall interfere with the market in the camp, but that the hucksters may sell what each of them has for sale and, when they have disposed of that, get in a new stock, that our camp may be supplied.

Whenever the army remained in camp and rested, individuals were permitted to go out after plunder, and in that case kept what they got;

and the distance to the camp was about sixty stadia.

All know that it is right to post sentries by day and night before the camp;