noon
A gale of wind was preparing . Ned raved , and tried to pierce the cloudy horizon . He still hoped that behind all that fog stretched the land he so longed for . At noon the sun showed itself for an instant . The second profited by this brightness to take its height . Then , the sea becoming more billowy , we descended , and the panel closed . An hour after , upon consulting the chart , I saw the position of the Nautilus was marked at 16 ° 17 ' long. , and 33 ° 22 ' lat. , at 150 leagues from the nearest coast .