noon
Biscuits were Charlie 's specialty , and before the start he had made a good supply , as their flour was running low . For three hours they rested here , Schoverling and Jack keeping watch in turn . At the next halt von Hofe and Charlie would stand guard , then the three Indians . At eight the cattle were inspanned , and they plodded onward until noon , hot and choked with dust . No complaint came from the Masai , and here the second meal of the day was eaten . The boys had thought that first march across that almost deserted grass plain was hard , but this gave them an inkling of the meaning of an African trek . They slept with heads on their saddles , the single tent they had brought along shading them somewhat .