noon
Some of the provisions were brought forth and they ate sparingly , and drank a little of the water . Then the boys and old Jerry took up the oars once more and began to pull as nearly southward as they could make it , steering by the sun . When the sun grew higher it became very warm , so that the rowers were glad enough to lay aside their jackets . By noon they reckoned that they had covered six or eight miles . One after another stood up on the seats to take a look around . `` Nothing in sight yet , '' said Dick , with a sorry shake of his head . `` We must have been mistaken in that dark spot . ''