noon
`` Do n't start him up till I get my position , '' he cautioned . `` I 'll wave my hand . '' On account of the growth of low bushes , we could not see the rhino , but in silence we watched Kearton tiptoeing farther and farther ahead toward the spot where the Colonel had said the beast was lying down . The time was approximately a little after noon . The wind that was blowing was light , and same to us hot over the sunny reaches of veldt . The sky was cloudless . Then the three ropers commenced maneuvering forward , swinging out a little to the right .