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Rh 31. If the enemy sees an advantage to be gained
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and makes no effort to secure it, the soldiers are exhausted.

32. If birds gather on any spot, it is unoccupied.

Clamour by night betokens nervousness.

33. If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot.

If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

34. When an army feeds its horses with grain and kills its cattle for food,

and when the men do not hang their cooking-pots