about
five o'clock in the afternoon
There were five rooms besides the captain 's , and a reception-room , dining-room , and library . We had provisioned her well , and had a jewel of a cook . Our first port was Santa Catalina . We dropped anchor there at about five o'clock in the afternoon of such a day as only southern California can boast of , and the dingey was lowered to take us ashore . `` What is there ? '' asked Le Mire , pointing to the shore as we stood leaning on the rail waiting for the crew to place the ladder . I answered : `` Tourists . ''