four in the morning
At eight bells , all hands were called again . The wind was blowing half a gale , and the starboard watch had taken in the light sails . It was deemed advisable still further to shorten sail , and a reef was put in the topsails . The starboard watch then turned in , the port having the deck till four in the morning . The wind came in heavy gusts from the south-west , and shortly after midnight it began to veer to the west , which brought up a dense fog . At four bells in the mid watch , the wind came square from the west in heavy squalls . The ship went about , and stood to the southward , the principal intending to go into Cherbourg if the weather would permit .