noon
Outside , some wooden cabins , and some made of reeds , showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins . Soon Djeddah was shut out from view by the shadows of night , and the Nautilus found herself under water slightly phosphorescent . The next day , the 10th of February , we sighted several ships running to windward . The Nautilus returned to its submarine navigation ; but at noon , when her bearings were taken , the sea being deserted , she rose again to her waterline . Accompanied by Ned and Conseil , I seated myself on the platform . The coast on the eastern side looked like a mass faintly printed upon a damp fog . We were leaning on the sides of the pinnace , talking of one thing and another , when Ned Land , stretching out his hand towards a spot on the sea , said : `` Do you see anything there , sir ? ''