about six o'clock in the morning
Besides , would he be content to exchange his prison for another ? All these questions , which would no doubt be answered the next day , kept them in suspense , and at the dawn of day they all fixed their gaze on the western horizon . `` Land ! '' shouted Pencroft at about six o'clock in the morning . And it was impossible that Pencroft should be mistaken , it was evident that land was there . Imagine the joy of the little crew of the _ Bonadventure _ . In a few hours they would land on the beach of the island !