G'morning WILLIAM ELLIOT, 

 WE> He adds his camel, gives 9 to the eldest son,
 WE> 3 to the middling son and 2 to the youngest son.

 WE> 9 + 3 + 2 = 14 and of the remaining 4, the wise guy gets one,
 WE> leaving 3 camels for ..., oh what the heck, he takes all four.

Whoopsy-do ...  its that Dr Jack's Falling Down Medicine again;  
too much of it and I cut the middling son's inheritance in half !

Alex was too polite to mention it, I guess...

My vizor rides in on his camel, adds it to the bunch, allots half 
(9), one third (6) and a ninth (2) - and then mounts the 
eighteenth (his original 1) to ride off into the sunset...

Which is time to put another pencil mark on the Rum bottle...

:-}
  
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