nine o'clock
Now , a camel has been taught , by long experience , that the legitimate end of a march is supplied only by something in the shape of an oasis , no matter how slight may be its store of prickly bushes and wiry grass . Therefore , these Bisharin brethren must have felt something akin to surprise when they were tethered and fed in a rock-strewn wady which offered neither food nor water . Animals and men had to depend on the supplies they had carried thither . Shelter , of course , there was none , and at nine o'clock the sun was already high in the heavens . One unhappy beast made a tremendous row when Hussain mounted him again after a brief respite , and bade him be moving . Nevertheless , protest was useless , and only led to torture . Finally , squealing and weeping , the camel moved off , while his erstwhile sympathizers regarded him blandly and unmoved , seeing that they were not disturbed , but permitted to munch in peace the remains of a meal .