ten o'clock
Buzzby was not quite sure of this , but contented himself by saying , `` Well , mayhap ye 're right . I 'm sorry it 's to come to an end so soon ; but there is no doubt that fresh meat is ondispensable . An ' that reminds me , messmate , that I 've not cleaned my musket for two days , an ' it would n't do to go on a hunt with a foul piece , nohow . We start at ten o'clock , A.M. , do n't we ? '' Grim admitted that they did -- remarking that it might just as well be ten P.M. for all the difference the _ sun _ would make in it -- and went below with Buzzby . In the cabin active preparations were making for an extended hunting-expedition , which the empty state of the larder rendered absolutely necessary . For a week past the only fresh provisions they had procured were a white fox and a rabbit , notwithstanding the exertions of Meetuck , Fred , and the doctor , who with three separate parties had scoured the country for miles round the ship .