four o'clock
After this we took care not to expose ourselves to the chance of forming a supper for a tiger . The next evening I was nearly stepping on a snake , the bite of which is said to be certain death . I mention these circumstances merely to show that , fertile as is the country and magnificent the scenery , it has its drawbacks . While we were in the high country , it rained generally from two till four o'clock , and then the weather became as fine as ever . It always rained in earnest , and never have I seen more downright heavy pours . The inhabitants of the mountains are far superior in stature and independence of manners to those of the plains . Their houses are , however , inferior in many respects ; they are built of planks roughly split from trees with a wedge , while their posts are formed of the camarina equally roughly squared .