about ten o'clock
`` I am going to set a bear trap , '' said one of the boys , and told of the plan , which was approved by Jack Dalton . Before leaving the next morning the old hunter told them where he thought they could bring down a mink or two , and after his departure they set off , to see what luck they might have . The weather was now getting colder and there was a promise of snow in the air . Yet about ten o'clock the sun broke through the clouds and then it grew a bit warmer . `` A little snow will make hunting very fine , '' declared Snap , as they trudged along . `` As it is now , it is next to impossible to track any big game . '' The spot Jack Dalton had mentioned was nearly two miles from their camp , along a rocky watercourse flowing into a small lake between Lake Cameron and Firefly Lake .