four o'clock
An hour out and the Major was nearly unseated as his pony shied violently from a three-foot iguana that scurried across their path in furious haste . Farther into the woods , and they drew rein , listening to the mystic tone of a Bogobo agong rung at minute intervals : Terry judged the gong to be six miles distant westward , the Major contended for half a mile , north of them . Such is the weird quality of the agong in the forest . At four o'clock they drew up at Lindsey 's roomy , thatched house set in the middle of his clearing and in a few minutes Lindsey , soaked with perspiration , hurried out of the tall growth of hemp ripening in his south field . `` I feared you might not be able to make it , '' he smiled . `` You can never tell what the next day may bring you Constabulary fellows ! '' He called his head native , a stocky Visayan , and ordered him to start the beaters out , explaining to his guests that they would take their places in an hour .