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86 After listening to this, Numskull said: "Well, well, my good fellow, show me that sneak thief of a lion, and be quick about it. I cannot find peace of mind until I have vented on him my anger against the animals. He should have remembered the saying:

"Quite so, master," said the rabbit. "Warriors fight for their country when they are insulted. But this fellow skulks in a fortress. You know he came out of a fortress when he held us up. And an enemy in a fortress is hard to handle. As the saying goes:

A single royal fortress adds
 * More military force

Than do a thousand elephants,
 * A hundred thousand horse.

A single archer from a wall
 * A hundred foes forfends;

And so the military art
 * A fortress recommends.

God Indra used the wit and skill
 * Of gods in days of old,

When Devil Gold-mat plagued the world,
 * To build a fortress-hold.