midday
But the night was cold , and my blanket was not enough to keep me comfortably warm . The following day was delightfully warm as soon as the sun got to the bottom of the valley , and the fresh fallen snow disappeared so fast from the snowy range that I was afraid it would raise the river -- which , indeed , rose in the afternoon and became slightly discoloured , but it can not have been more than three or four inches deeper , for it never reached the bottom of my saddle-bags . I believe Doctor knew exactly where I was going , for he wanted no guidance . I halted again at midday , got two more ducks , crossed and recrossed the river , or some of its streams , several times , and at about six , caught sight , after a bend in the valley , of the glacier descending on to the river-bed . This I knew to be close to the point at which I was to camp for the night , and from which I was to ascend the mountain . After another hour 's slow progress over the increasing roughness of the river-bed , I saw the triangular delta of which my father had told me , and the stream that had formed it , bounding down the mountain side . Doctor went right up to the place where my father 's fire had been , and I again found many pieces of charred wood and ashes .