Noon
The boat had run aground , bringing the Captain . I saw him standing on a block of basalt , his instruments near him , his eyes fixed on the northern horizon , near which the sun was then describing a lengthened curve . I took my place beside him , and waited without speaking . Noon arrived , and , as before , the sun did not appear . It was a fatality . Observations were still wanting . If not accomplished to-morrow , we must give up all idea of taking any .