noon
Then away I went up the stream over the smooth ice as hard as I could run . Now and then I tumbled down , but I quickly picked myself up again , and was off as fast as ever . When a man believes that a body of red-skins or a pack of wolves are at his heels , he is likely to run pretty fast . I sat down once for breakfast for five minutes , and once at noon for dinner of raw rice and wolves ' ribs , and away I went again . At last I found that the river was making so many bends that it would be necessary to land , which I did on the north shore . Night came on , but I did not relax my speed ; the stars came out and guided me as before . I was beginning , however , to feel much distressed .