noon
`` You are certainly fine hunters . '' `` I think -- yes ; here is the shot in the shoulder -- this is the last one we shot . The other one , over there , was the one we followed so long and took our first shot at . '' Within two hours the skins were ready , packed on the skid , and delivered at the raft , and after a hard forenoon 's work the Cataract was reached shortly after noon . One night , while engaged in the usual evening discussion , many topics were mentioned , things connected with the day 's adventures talked over , and plans for the following day considered . As usual , George was the persistent questioner , but Harry was the one to utilize the meaning , and generally the first to take advantage in a practical way of the information thus obtained . We have stated heretofore that George was the theorist and Harry the practical one .