about noon
They slept as only those know how to sleep who go camping , and early in the morning continued their journey along the upper and tortuous reaches of the narrowing river . Early in the spring there had been a serious flood which had done much damage even down in Bridgeboro , and the three boys as they paddled carefully along were surprised at the havoc which had been wrought here on the upper river . Small buildings along the shore lay toppled over , boats were here and there marooned high and dry many yards from the shore , and the river was almost impassable in places from the obstructions of uprooted trees and other debris . At about noon they reached a point where the stream petered out so that further navigation even by canoe was impossible ; but they were already in the outskirts of West Nyack . `` The next number on the program , '' said Roy , `` is to administer first aid to the canoe in the form of a burlap bandage . Pee-wee , you 're appointed chairman of the grass committee -- pick some grass and let 's pad her up . '' If you have never administered `` first aid '' to a canoe and `` padded it up '' for shipment , let me tell you that the scout way of doing it is to bind burlap loosely around it and to stuff this with grass or hay so that the iron hook which is so gently wielded by the expressman may not damage the hull .