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`` I shall keep well to the eastward , and if you are up by six to-morrow morning you will see the island of Formosa . Then we shall be about on the Tropic of Cancer , when we shall pass out of the Torrid Zone -- out of the tropics . '' This information was circulated by the lady among all the passengers . Before noon the ship was out of sight of land , and the voyage was just about the same as it had been in smooth seas and pleasant weather . All the party were seated on the promenade at six o'clock the next morning . `` But there is land on both sides of us , Captain Ringgold , '' said Mrs. Belgrave . `` Which is Formosa ? ''