about six o'clock
My , but you are thick . '' All that afternoon they fought their way through the rugged mountains , making camp that night in a gloomy pass at the foot of Vancouver Mountain , a vast pile that towered nearly fourteen thousand feet high . It seemed to the Pony Rider Boys that they were a long way from civilization , and Tad admitted that he would soon be lost were he obliged to follow a trail up there . The camp was made about six o'clock , still with broad daylight , but the boys considered that they had done enough for one day . The ponies were weary and Tad knew better than to press them too hard . After supper the freckle-faced boy shouldered his rifle . Anvik gave him a glance of inquiry .