one o’clock
At twelve o'clock , when the small band of adventurers halted for breakfast at the foot of a large group of firs , near a little stream which fell in cascades , they found themselves still half way from the first plateau , which most probably they would not reach till nightfall . From this point the view of the sea was much extended , but on the right the high promontory prevented their seeing whether there was land beyond it . On the left , the sight extended several miles to the north ; but , on the northwest , at the point occupied by the explorers , it was cut short by the ridge of a fantastically-shaped spur , which formed a powerful support of the central cone . At one o'clock the ascent was continued . They slanted more towards the southwest and again entered among thick bushes . There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species . They were tragopans , ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats , and by two small , round horns , planted behind the eyes .