eleven o'clock
A well-appointed carriage took Phileas Fogg and Aouda through palm-groves and clove-plantations , various tropical plants perfumed the air , while troops of monkeys gambolled in the trees ; the woods , also , were not innocent of tigers , and to those travellers who were astonished to learn why these terrible animals were not destroyed in such a small island , the reply would be that they swam across from the mainland . After a couple of hours ' drive , Mr. Fogg and Aouda returned to the town and went on board ship again , all the time followed by the detective . Passe-partout was awaiting them on deck ; the brave fellow had purchased some beautiful mangoes , and was enabled to offer them to Mrs. Aouda , who received them gracefully . At eleven o'clock the _ Rangoon _ resumed her voyage and a few hours later Malacca had sunk below the horizon . They had about thirteen hundred miles to traverse to reach Hong Kong , and Phileas Fogg hoped to get there in six days , so as to be able to catch the steamer for Yokohama on the 6th of November . The weather , which had hitherto been very fine , changed with the last quarter of the moon . There was a high wind , fortunately favourable , and a very heavy sea .