five o’clock in the morning
-- The Island of Benga . -- The Signature of Andrea Debono . -- The Flag with the Arms of England . At five o'clock in the morning , preparations for departure commenced . Joe , with the hatchet which he had fortunately recovered , broke the elephant 's tusks . The balloon , restored to liberty , sped away to the northwest with our travellers , at the rate of eighteen miles per hour . The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars , during the preceding night .