ten o’clock
At nine o'clock in the morning , they had made twelve miles in twelve hours . The courageous women could not be pressed further , and , besides , the locality was suitable for camping . The fugitives had reached the pass that separates the two chains . Paganel , map in hand , made a loop toward the northeast , and at ten o'clock the little party reached a sort of redan , formed by a projecting rock . The provisions were brought out , and justice was done to their meal . Mary Grant and the Major , who had not thought highly of the edible fern till then , now ate of it heartily . The halt lasted till two o'clock in the afternoon , then they resumed their journey ; and in the evening they stopped eight miles from the mountains , and required no persuasion to sleep in the open air .