about noon
Here they were attacked by the bow-and-arrow men , whom they could not persuade to palaver with them . So belligerent were the natives that it became necessary to fire into them in order to escape their persistent and ferocious attentions . `` What chance , '' asked Bradley , as they were returning to the boat with their game , `` could Tyler and Miss La Rue have had among such as these ? '' But they continued on their fruitless quest , and the third day , after cruising along the shore of a deep inlet , they passed a line of lofty cliffs that formed the southern shore of the inlet and rounded a sharp promontory about noon . Co-Tan and Bradley were on deck alone , and as the new shoreline appeared beyond the point , the girl gave an exclamation of joy and seized the man 's hand in hers . `` Oh , look ! '' she cried .