two in the afternoon
As for Hunt , I had never seen such a lightning glance from his brilliant hawk-like eyes as he now cast towards the southern horizon . Captain Len Guy rose . Hunt , without a word , placed the plank upon his shoulder , and we continued our route . When we had made the tour of the island , we halted at the place where the boat had been left under the charge of two sailors , and about half-past two in the afternoon we were again on board . Early on the morning of the 23rd of December the _ Halbrane _ put off from Bennet Islet , and we carried away with us new and convincing testimony to the catastrophe which Tsalal Island had witnessed . During that day , I observed the sea water very attentively , and it seemed to me less deeply blue than Arthur Pym describes it . Nor had we met a single specimen of his monster of the austral fauna , an animal three feet long , six inches high , with four short legs , long coral claws , a silky body , a rat 's tail , a cat 's head , the hanging ears , blood-red lips and white teeth of a dog .