seven o'clock
Perfectly good relations subsisted among us . We had no longer to dread the rebellion of a Hearne . -LRB- How often we speculated upon the fate of those whom he had beguiled ! -RRB- At seven o'clock , the extreme point of Halbrane Land lay five miles behind us , and in the evening we gradually lost sight of the heights that variated that part of the coast . I desire to lay special stress on the fact that not a single scrap of iron entered into the construction of this boat , not so much as a nail or a bolt , for that metal was entirely unknown to the Tsalal islanders . The planks were bound together by a sort of liana , or creeping-plant , and caulked with moss steeped in pitch , which was turned by contact with the sea-water to a substance as hard as metal . I have nothing special to record during the week that succeeded our departure .