noon
In this condition of body and mind they galloped back to camp , and took particular care that the horses should not again stray . Next morning , after breakfasting on the remains of their food , they mounted , and , taking the sun as their guide , headed away eastward at full gallop . Silently and steadily for two hours or more they swept along over the Pampas waves , turning aside only a little once or twice to avoid ground that had been riddled and rendered unsafe by the biscachos . As noon approached Quashy gave a shout , and pointed to the horizon ahead of them , where living objects of some kind were seen moving along . `` Ostriches , '' said Lawrence . `` Dey 's a noo kind ob ostriches wid four legs , '' returned the negro , `` an ' wid peepil on deir backs . '' `` I believe you are right .