two o’clock in the afternoon
Paganel , map in hand , made a loop toward the northeast , and at ten o'clock the little party reached a sort of redan , formed by a projecting rock . The provisions were brought out , and justice was done to their meal . Mary Grant and the Major , who had not thought highly of the edible fern till then , now ate of it heartily . The halt lasted till two o'clock in the afternoon , then they resumed their journey ; and in the evening they stopped eight miles from the mountains , and required no persuasion to sleep in the open air . Next day was one of serious difficulties . Their route lay across this wondrous region of volcanic lakes , geysers , and solfataras , which extended to the east of the Wahiti Ranges . It is a country more pleasant for the eye to ramble over , than for the limbs .