noon
The journey was resumed at six in the morning . The guide hoped to reach Allahabad by evening . In that case , Mr. Fogg would only lose a part of the forty-eight hours saved since the beginning of the tour . Kiouni , resuming his rapid gait , soon descended the lower spurs of the Vindhias , and towards noon they passed by the village of Kallenger , on the Cani , one of the branches of the Ganges . The guide avoided inhabited places , thinking it safer to keep the open country , which lies along the first depressions of the basin of the great river . Allahabad was now only twelve miles to the northeast They stopped under a clump of bananas , the fruit of which , as healthy as bread and as succulent as cream , was eaten and appreciated . At two o'clock the guide entered a thick forest which extended several miles .