An' I see ye must; thar's no behelp for it." "I cannot go a step farther." "Enuf! But don't let's stan' to be seen miles off.

Squat's the word.
Down on yer belly, like a toad under a harrer.

Thar's jest a resemblance o' kiver, hyar 'mong these tussocks o' buffler-grass; an' this child ain't the most inconspicerousest objeck on the plain.

Let's squat on our breast-ribs, an' lay close as pancakes." Whilst speaking he throws himself to the earth, flat on his face.
Hamersley, already tottering, drops down by his side; as he does so, leaving the plain, as far as the eye can reach, without salient object to intercept the vision--any more than might be seen on the surface of a sleeping ocean.
It is in favour of the fugitives that the day has now well declined.
But they do not remain long in their recumbent position before the sun, sinking behind the western horizon, gives them an opportunity of once more getting upon their feet.
They do so, glad to escape from a posture whose restraint is exceedingly irksome.

They have suffered from the hot atmosphere rising like caloric from the parched plain.