When they heard this they began to make ready 1 for the march, and Cyrus proceeded to sacrifice; and when the omens of the sacrifice were favourable, he set out with the army. On the first day he left the position he had occupied and encamped again as near as convenient to it. This he did, in order that, in case any one had forgotten anything, he might go back after it; and if any one discovered that he needed anything, he might still procure it.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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