about noon
But now a fresh anxiety arose . There were shapes among the trees which were visible to Moira , though I could not see them , which caused her such terror that I was obliged almost to carry her , and I sometimes thought by the chill of her body that she had died in my arms . With the dawn , however , the shapes disappeared , and Moira 's fears were dispelled . Daylight found us several miles on our way to the coast , which we made , as I reckoned , about noon , to the north of where I had first landed . The cliffs here were high and rocky , the waves breaking at the foot in fountains of spray . The sky was dull and overcast , which betokened a storm . A number of white birds with yellow crests , such as I had seen on my first landing , flew inland , and several fur-coated animals , with heads resembling deer , and powerful tails , hopped across the stubble to the shelter of the trees .