About four o’clock
The air was like a breath from a brick oven , and the heat of the sun so fierce that if you touched your fingers to a gun-barrel it burned the flesh . We did not escape out of this lime-kiln until three in the afternoon , when the trail again led us into the protecting shade of the jungle . The men plunged into it as eagerly as though they were diving into water . About four o'clock we heard great cheering ahead of us , and word was passed to the rear that Miller had come in touch with Garcia 's scouts . A half hour later , we marched into the camp of the revolutionists . It was situated about three miles outside of Santa Barbara , on the banks of the river where the trail crossed it at a ford . Our fellows made a rather fine appearance as they rode out of the jungle among the revolutionists ; and , considering the fact that we had come to fight for them , I thought the little beggars might have given us a cheer , but they only stared at us , and nodded stupidly .