About three in the afternoon
He kept his bearings all the time , and professed to know accurately just where they were , and in what quarter the camp lay . `` For what 's the use of claiming to be a woodsman , '' he told Bluff when the other looked a little incredulous over something or other , `` if you do n't keep track of your direction ? I feel sure that as the crow flies Cabin Point lies over there , right beyond that tree with the feathery crown . '' About three in the afternoon all of them owned up to feeling a bit weary . `` But I reckon we must be getting within a mile or so of the lake , '' Jerry suggested . `` I 'm saying that partly because I 've noticed how Frank has swung around , and is heading in the direction he pointed out when he told of our camp lying in that quarter . '' `` You hit the nail on the head when you say that , Jerry , '' commented Frank ; `` for we 're going to strike the old trail before another ten minutes passes . ''