eleven o’clock
The sword , of which the handle was ivory , inlaid with gold -LRB- evidently Arab work -RRB- , I kept and used as a hunting-knife , and very useful it proved . Then , a man having been transferred to my canoe , we once more started on in very low spirits and not feeling at all comfortable as to the future , but fondly hoping to arrive at the ` Highlands ' station by night . To make matters worse , within an hour of sunrise it came on to rain in torrents , wetting us to the skin , and even necessitating the occasional baling of the canoes , and as the rain beat down the wind we could not use the sails , and had to get along as best as we could with our paddles . At eleven o'clock we halted on an open piece of ground on the left bank of the river , and , the rain abating a little , managed to make a fire and catch and broil some fish . We did not dare to wander about to search for game . At two o'clock we got off again , taking a supply of broiled fish with us , and shortly afterwards the rain came on harder than ever . Also the river began to get exceedingly difficult to navigate on account of the numerous rocks , reaches of shallow water , and the increased force of the current ; so that it soon became clear to us that we should not reach the Rev. Mackenzie 's hospitable roof that night -- a prospect that did not tend to enliven us .