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On Sunday , the 20th of October , about mid-day , they sighted the coast of Hindostan . Two hours later the pilot came on board . A long range of hills cut the sky-line , and soon palm-trees began to show themselves . The mail steamer ran into the roadstead formed between the islands of Salsette , Colaba , Elephanta , and Butcher , and at half-past four o'clock the vessel came alongside the quay . Phileas Fogg was just finishing his thirty-third rubber for that day . His partner and he had succeeded in scoring a `` treble , '' and thus terminated the voyage with a stroke of luck . The _ Mongolia _ was not due at Bombay until the 22nd of October ; she had actually arrived on the 20th ; so Mr. Fogg had really gained two days upon the estimated period , and he entered the `` profit '' accordingly in the column of his diary set apart for that purpose .