about six o'clock in the evening
It was constructed to go before the blast . We were continually reduced to pushing ourselves forward by means of poles . On several occasions the rocks ran far out into deep water and we were compelled to make a long round . At last , after three long and weary hours of navigation , that is to say , about six o'clock in the evening , we found a place at which we could land . I jumped on shore first . In my present state of excitement and enthusiasm , I was always first . My uncle and the Icelander followed .