twelve o'clock
The Ostjaks were soon at work , and in half an hour twenty fine salmon were lying in the bottom of the boat , and then having caught as much as there was any chance of selling the natives they returned to their yourts . The next morning the work on the boat was resumed , and as all the women assisted it was finished in a very short time . Then melted fat was poured into the seams , and the whole boat vigorously rubbed with the same . By twelve o'clock it was finished . Then there was a little fresh bargaining for two salmon spears , a supply of torches , half a dozen common fox skins , and three large hides for stretching over the boat at night . Some of the lines and fish-hooks were also bought , and a few fish for present consumption , then Godfrey and Luka took their places in the boat , and bidding farewell to the Ostjaks paddled out into stream . The boat was some twenty feet long and six feet wide in the centre .