five o'clock in the evening
But Ned Land did not find his provisions sufficient . Fate , however , favoured us . Just as we were pushing off , he perceived several trees , from twenty-five to thirty feet high , a species of palm-tree . At last , at five o'clock in the evening , loaded with our riches , we quitted the shore , and half an hour after we hailed the Nautilus . No one appeared on our arrival . The enormous iron-plated cylinder seemed deserted . The provisions embarked , I descended to my chamber , and after supper slept soundly .