midday
For similar reasons I have omitted reference to the suspicious moisture in the eyes of a bearded bush ruffian named Bill . Bill failed to turn up , and the only moisture was that which was induced by the heat . I have left out the `` sad Australian sunset '' because the sun was not going down at the time . The burial took place exactly at midday . The dead bushman 's name was Jim , apparently ; but they found no portraits , nor locks of hair , nor any love letters , nor anything of that kind in his swag -- not even a reference to his mother ; only some papers relating to Union matters . Most of us did n't know the name till we saw it on the coffin ; we knew him as `` that poor chap that got drowned yesterday . '' `` So his name 's James Tyson , '' said my drover acquaintance , looking at the plate .