about five o'clock
He stripped a piece of bark from a birch tree , as the country people do , and formed from this a dish which would hold about a quart . This he filled after a moderate search . He took the strawberries to his camp , and then , going back to the woods , he procured some more birch bark , out of which he made a half dozen dishes . It was now about five o'clock , and Tom thought it was time for him to begin to cook his dinner . The dandelions were not quite cooked as yet ; so Tom had to wait ; but while doing so , he heated some stones in the fire . By the time they were heated , the dandelions were cooked ; and Tom , removing the pan , put some shrimps and mussels in it , to boil over the fire . He then removed the stones , and placed one of the lobsters among them in such a way , that it was surrounded on every side in a hot oven .