twelve o'clock
In several of the canoes in this division Godfrey could make out that only one man was paddling , and guessed that the other was more or less disabled by the shot . `` I do n't think we shall be troubled any more by them , '' he said ; `` they will be a couple of hours before they reach land , by which time we shall be out of sight , and even reindeer will hardly take the news along the shore with all its deep indentations as quickly as we shall sail ; besides , I fancy , they will come to the conclusion that the game is not worth the candle . Now lay in your paddle and let us have breakfast comfortably . It is just twelve o'clock . '' Day after day they coasted along , passed through Waigatz Straits , between the island of that name and the mainland , then touched at four islands lying across the mouth of a large and deep bay , and then held on until they reached the mouth of the Petchora . The distance to this point from the Kara River was , Godfrey calculated , about three hundred and fifty miles . It took them fifteen days to cover that distance , as they stopped and spent a day shooting several times , for they were not fortunate along here in catching many fish as they went .