noon
Two days later , the first of the other vessels , the _ Elizabeth _ , made her appearance , and on the same evening , by the light of the tropic stars , the other two joined them . All four remained hove-to until daybreak . Early on the following morning they all got under weigh again , and headed for the land , which now could not be many miles distant . Shortly after noon came the ever-welcome cry from the masthead : `` Land ho ! '' `` Where away ? '' demanded the officer of the watch . `` Dead ahead , '' answered the lookout .