eight o'clock
`` I pity him if he has Giles Faswig for an uncle . '' `` I think the best we can do is to leave Lake Cameron at once , '' said Giant . `` We do n't want to run into that crowd again . '' The others agreed , and by eight o'clock that morning the tent was taken down and stored away and the journey to Firefly Lake was begun . It was a clear , warm day , with bright sunshine overhead . The woods were full of birds that sang sweetly , and being so near to nature 's heart , the young hunters soon forgot their troubles . The stream leading from Lake Cameron to Firefly Lake was a tortuous and rocky one , and more overgrown with bushes than it had been the summer previous .