one o'clock
`` No eating between meals , McCan , '' he commanded . `` There 's no game in the country ahead , and the grub will have to be whacked in equal rations from the start . The only way you can travel with us is by playing fair . '' By one o'clock the crust had thawed so that the skees broke through , and before two o'clock the web-shoes were breaking through . Camp was made and the first meal eaten . Smoke took stock of the food . McCan 's supply was a disappointment .