the sun at midday
Camp was made in the early hours of the day . Then came luncheon , prepared with skill by Cookie , and eaten from a table of packing-cases laid in the shade . Afterward every one , hot and weary , retired for a siesta . It was now the cool as well as the dry season on the island , yet the heat of the sun at midday was terrific . But the temperature brought us neither illness nor even any great degree of lassitude . Always around the island blew the faint cooling breath of the sea . No marsh or stagnant water bred insect pests or fever .