nearly two o'clock
It certainly puts the muscle on a fellow . '' Shortly after breakfast they had all their duffle packed and they were off . They went along from one lake to another without incident and in due time they arrived at the Escoumains River . By this time it was nearly two o'clock , so they had a hurried lunch and then started up the river . Then the boys had a taste of river canoe work that they had never seen before . It was well that for each of the four canoes there was an experienced man , for otherwise there would have been plenty of trouble . Before they started the boys were surprised to see the guides come out of the woods with several long poles nicely trimmed up .