eight o'clock
The boys thought the land looked just like that they had last seen on the shore of the western continent , and perhaps some of them were disappointed because everything looked so natural . The officers and crew were impatient to make their destined port ; but the wind subsided as the sun went down on that quiet Sabbath day on the ocean . The ship hardly made twenty miles before daylight in the morning . At eight o'clock , on Monday , when Paul Kendall had the deck , the Young America was off Fastnet Rock , and not more than half a mile from it . It is about ten miles from Cape Clear , and is a solitary rock rising out of the sea , on which a lighthouse is located . The water around it was covered with small boats engaged in fishing . The port watch were all on deck , and the scene was full of interest to them .