midnight
These AGUARAS are not very formidable either ; and if it were not for their number I should not give them a thought . '' `` Never mind ; we are all well armed ; let them come . '' `` We 'll certainly give them a warm reception , '' rejoined Glenarvan . His Lordship only spoke thus to reassure the child , for a secret terror filled him at the sight of this legion of bloodthirsty animals let loose on them at midnight . There might possibly be some hundreds , and what could three men do , even armed to the teeth , against such a multitude ? As soon as Thalcave said the word AGUARA , Glenarvan knew that he meant the red wolf , for this is the name given to it by the Pampas Indians . This voracious animal , called by naturalists the _ Canis jubatus _ , is in shape like a large dog , and has the head of a fox .