eight o’clock
Paganel spoke with such warmth that even the Major had nothing to say against this panegyric of the ocean . Indeed , if the finding of Harry Grant had involved following a parallel across continents instead of oceans , the enterprise could not have been attempted ; but the sea was there ready to carry the travelers from one country to another , and on the 6th of December , at the first streak of day , they saw a fresh mountain apparently emerging from the bosom of the waves . This was Amsterdam Island , situated in 37 degrees 47 minutes latitude and 77 degrees 24 minutes longitude , the high cone of which in clear weather is visible fifty miles off . At eight o'clock , its form , indistinct though it still was , seemed almost a reproduction of Teneriffe . `` And consequently it must resemble Tristan d'Acunha , '' observed Glenarvan . `` A very wise conclusion , '' said Paganel , `` according to the geometrographic axiom that two islands resembling a third must have a common likeness . I will only add that , like Tristan d'Acunha , Amsterdam Island is equally rich in seals and Robinsons . ''