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`` That 'll be doing good scout work , '' Doctor Joe commended . `` That 's one way you 'll be useful as scouts here in Labrador . Not only will you be showing kindness to the mother and little partridges , but if the mother is permitted to live and raise her brood , all the little birds will be full grown by winter , and it will make that many more partridges that can be used for food when food is needed . '' When presently Jamie announced that it was '' ` most noon '' and he was `` fair starvin ' , '' and the others suddenly discovered that they were hungry too , a fire was lighted in the stove and a cosy lunch of fried pork and bread , and hot tea sweetened with molasses , was eaten with an appetite and relish such as only those can enjoy who live in the open . Then , with growing interest the lads returned to their scout books , and camping time came almost before they were aware . The sun was drooping low in the west when David , indicating a low , wooded point , said : `` That 's Flat P'int . There 's good water there and 't is a fine camping place . ''