six o'clock in the evening
We were very satisfied with the results of the hunt . Happy Ned proposed to return to this enchanting island the next day , for he wished to depopulate it of all the eatable quadrupeds . But he had reckoned without his host . At six o'clock in the evening we had regained the shore ; our boat was moored to the usual place . The Nautilus , like a long rock , emerged from the waves two miles from the beach . Ned Land , without waiting , occupied himself about the important dinner business . He understood all about cooking well .