Midday
` That 's about it , ' said Dick . ` I 've noticed just the same thing myself . Doing your work as a scout teaches you how to keep your eyes open . ' Midday brought them to the edge of a wide stretch of heath country , where they were quite at home . They halted as soon as they reached the heath , built their fire , and made a good meal on the smaller trout , the remains of the big one , the remains of the loaf , and a billy of tea . The afternoon journey lay directly across the great , lonely track , and they only saw two or three small hamlets , dwellings of broom-squires , heath - and furze-cutters , or squatters . As the afternoon wore on the sky began to wear an ominous look .