noon
Morton cut some small slips of leather from his boots , and began to chew them . He fancied that they afforded some nourishment , and recommended the rest of us to make a similar trial , which I believe we all did . Max almost immediately rejected with disgust the first morsel which he put into his mouth , saying that he must `` starve a little longer before he could relish that . '' At noon the heat was more intense , if possible , than it had been the day before . Johnny was now in a high fever , accompanied by symptoms of an alarming character . It was distressing to witness his sufferings , and feel utterly unable to do any thing for him . Yet there was nothing that we could do -- food and drink were the only medicines he needed , and these we could not give him .