six o'clock
If we do n't see it by evening , we must head a little more to the south . Of course we can not depend very accurately on our steering , and we may have been going a trifle north of west all this time . But it is all right , for the coast we are making for keeps on trending north , and we are certain to hit it sooner or later . '' At six o'clock they had a meal which Luka had been cooking , and then Godfrey said , `` Now I will have my six hours ' sleep . '' He stood up to change places and let Luka come astern to steer , when he exclaimed , `` Look , is that a cloud ahead of us , or is it land ? '' `` Land ! '' Luka said after gazing at it attentively .