noon
said Larry , with much gravity , as he helped himself to another can of tea . `` Come , time 's up , '' said Robin abruptly , as he rose to put on his snow-shoes . Larry swallowed the tea at a draught , the others rose promptly , and in a few minutes more they were again on the march . Towards noon they issued out of the woods upon a wide undulating country , which extended , as far as the eye could see , to faint blue mountains in the distance . This region was varied in character and extremely beautiful . The undulations of the land resembled in some places the waves of the sea . In other places there were clumps of trees like islets .