four in the afternoon
Its emergence from the sea is constantly increasing . Some points are known to have risen six feet in twenty years . Fire still runs across its center , shakes it , convulses it , and finds an outlet in many places by the mouths of geysers and the craters of volcanoes . At four in the afternoon , nine miles had been easily accomplished . According to the map which Paganel constantly referred to , the confluence of the Waipa and Waikato ought to be reached about five miles further on , and there the night halt could be made . Two or three days would then suffice for the fifty miles which lay between them and the capital ; and if Glenarvan happened to fall in with the mail coach that plies between Hawkes ' Bay and Auckland twice a month , eight hours would be sufficient . `` Therefore , '' said Glenarvan , `` we shall be obliged to camp during the night once more . ''