noon
Will managed to get a good picture of the trophies , with the two gallant hunters standing beside the defunct bear and panther . Then , after the former had been washed , being sticky with the honey , Frank assisted Jerry to get the skin off . It was here the boys profited by the advice given by the old trapper , Jesse Wilcox , when they visited him in his camp above Rocky Creek , which was a feeder to the lake upon which their home town was located . Before noon they were all aboard again . Both skins had been secured , besides the choice portions of the bear meat . Bluff even managed to fill another kettle with the honey , though stung unmercifully by the angry bees that were so busily working to transfer their stores to a new home . After a bite of lunch they started out again on the gulf , since the conditions invited an afternoon cruise .