About midday
When we went on I kept close to the cliff , even though the walking was somewhat heavier . I remember after that its getting dark and then light again , so the night must have passed , but whether we rested or walked I do not know . Probably we did not get very far , though certainly we staggered ahead after sun-up , for I remember my shadow . About midday , I suppose , I made out a dim trail leading up a break in the cliffs . Plenty of such trails we had seen before . They were generally made by peccaries in search of cast-up fish -- I hope they had better luck than we . But in the middle of this , as though for a sign , lay another piece of chewed sugar cane .