four o'clock
The forenoon passed away very uneventfully . About the middle of the afternoon they were treated to a splendid spectacle . A terrific thunder storm raged beneath them ; and as they looked below into the inky depths of the thunder clouds , pierced and riven by jagged lightnings , followed by deafening bellowings and crashings of thunder , and then cast their eyes up to the sun shining in full-orbed splendor over all , they realized as never before the presence and majesty of Omnipotence . At four o'clock , P.M. the storm clouds cleared away , and the bleak , uninviting face of Labrador was plainly visible . The ship had settled to an altitude of fifteen hundred feet , and was moving northeasterly at the rate of thirty miles an hour . `` Is n't that a settlement I see ahead a few miles ? '' asked Will .