noon
We 'll work right here . '' They did so . Even the mosquitoes were forgotten . At noon they wondered what made them feel so faint . The bottles in their `` jumper '' pockets were empty -- they had eaten nothing since the night before . Both at last decided to quit work and prepare their meal before prospecting further . In their eager efforts to get at the width of the ledge the men afterwards scraped off the moss and vines , by this means exposing what appeared to be a four foot vein .