noon
We saw their `` roads , '' `` chips , '' and `` wallows . '' We saw , moreover , the _ bois de vache _ of the wild cattle . We would soon meet with one or the other . We were still on the stream by which we had camped the night before , and we made a noon halt to refresh our animals . The full-grown forms of the cacti were around us , bearing red and yellow fruit in abundance . We plucked the pears of the pitahaya , and ate them greedily ; we found service-berries , yampo , and roots of the `` pomme blanche . '' We dined on fruits and vegetables of various sorts , indigenous only to this wild region .