four o'clock
`` Let us skin the birds , for it may be that we shall be unable to land for several days , and if so , we shall need all the covering we can get , for this thaw is sure to be followed by a severe frost or two . '' `` Sposum tide turn , ice lun down to capes , then get ashore , '' said Peter , confidently . La Salle drew out his watch . `` It was high tide at four o'clock , and it is now nearly seven . Peter , just climb to the top of the berg , and see how we drift . '' Peter dropped his half-picked bird , ascended with eager agility , lined another projection of the floe with some object on the New Brunswick shore , seemed puzzled , looked more carefully , and then slowly descended , apparently sad and disheartened . `` Well , Peter , how is it ? ''