About
twelve o'clock
Thousands of them have been seen passing over the track for hours in compact ranks . The locomotive is then forced to stop and wait till the road is once more clear . This happened to the train in which Mr. Fogg was traveling . About twelve o'clock a troop of ten or twelve thousand head of buffalo covered the track . The locomotive , slackening its speed , tried to clear the way with its cowcatcher ; but the mass of animals was too great . The buffaloes marched along with a tranquil gait , uttering now and then deafening bellowings . There was no use of interrupting them , for , having taken a particular direction , nothing can moderate and change their course .