About noon
Here we fastened our muletto by his cord to a stake in the ground ; but perceiving him not to have sufficient range to fill his belly in before morning , we , under Glanlepze 's direction , cut several long slips from the mat , and soaking them well in water , twisted them into a very strong cord , of sufficient length for the purpose . And now , having each of us brought a bundle of dry fallen sticks from the wood with us , and gathered two or three flints as we came along , we struck fire on my knife upon some rotten wood , and boiled a good piece of our goat 's flesh ; and having made such a meal as we had neither of us made for many months before , we laid us down and slept heartily till morning . As soon as day broke we packed up our goods , and filling our calabash with water , we loaded our muletto , and got forward very pleasantly that day and several others following , and had tolerable lodgings . About noon , one day , travelling with great glee , we met an adventure which very much daunted me , and had almost put a stop to my hopes of ever getting where I intended . We came to a great river whose name I have now forgot , near a league over , but full , and especially about the shores , of large trees that had fallen from the mountains and been rolled down with the floods , and lodged there in a shocking manner . This river , Glanlepze told me , we must pass : for my part , I shrunk at the sight of it , and told him if he could get over , I would not desire to prevent his meeting with his family ; but as for my share , I had rather take my chance in the woods on this side than plunge myself into such a stream only for the sake of drowning . `` Oh ! ''