ten o'clock
There was just one element of regret for Mrs Vansittart in her visit to Japan , and that was the unfortunate fact that Monroe developed typhoid on the very day of the party 's return to Yokohama , and had to be left behind in hospital . She would most willingly have prolonged her stay until the patient 's recovery ; but Harper , our doctor , intervened , pointing out that , since our next cruise was to be among the Pacific Islands , it would be most inadvisable for a person newly recovered from typhoid to accompany us , as a relapse would almost certainly follow ; and that the better plan would be to arrange for Monroe 's return home direct by mail boat via ` Frisco . This was accordingly done , Mrs Vansittart making every arrangement for the care and comfort of the patient during his sojourn in Yokohama , and his journey to New York in all ease and comfort afterward , before giving the word for our departure . We hove our anchor out of the mud of Yokohama harbour at ten o'clock on a certain lovely September morning , which , as Mrs Vansittart informed me incidentally , happened to be the anniversary of the yacht 's departure from New York . Starting our engine , we proceeded down Yedo Bay , through Uraga Strait , and so to sea , passing Cape Mela about eight bells in the afternoon watch . Then , to a fine spanking westerly breeze , we set all plain sail and headed south for the Ladrones . I arrive now at a point where , for a space of over two months , I find no entry in my diary of any incident worthy of special mention ; this period may therefore be dismissed with the simple remark that it was spent in visiting several of the most interesting islands in the Pacific archipelago .