Noon
Twice they had bumped on the projections under water , once with such violence that Giant , who had been standing at the time , had almost gone overboard . Once they had to carry craft and outfit around a sharp bend . The boat had started to leak a little , but not enough to cause anxiety . Noon found them encamped on a point of land where the stream appeared to divide into two parts , one running to the northeast and the other to the northwest . Which branch to take to get to Lake Narsac they did not know . `` This is a fine how-do-you-do ! '' was Whopper 's comment .