midnight
_ Americano _ ! I fear my narrative may be wearying you ; and therefore I shall not enter into the particulars of the pursuit . Sufficient to say , that we succeeded in overtaking the ravishers . It was near midnight when we came up with them . We found them in their camp , with huge fires blazing all over the ground . We approached within pistol range before any alarm was given . They had been carousing on _ mezcal _ , and were keeping no guard .