eleven o’clock
Later Captain Nemo had hundreds of them hunted because their black flesh is highly edible . They brayed like donkeys . The size of a goose with slate-colored bodies , white undersides , and lemon-colored neck bands , these animals let themselves be stoned to death without making any effort to get away . Meanwhile the mists did n't clear , and by eleven o'clock the sun still had n't made an appearance . Its absence disturbed me . Without it , no sights were possible . Then how could we tell whether we had reached the pole ?