eleven o'clock
He rang the speed bell , and Morris noted the time on the slate . Captain Scott had evidently visited the hurricane deck with the spy-glass for the purpose of scanning the sea within eight or ten miles of the Maud , as his report was that no steamers going in a northeasterly direction were in sight . He did not say that he feared any interference on the part of such vessels if any were near . At eleven o'clock it was time for Felix to take his trick at the wheel ; Morris 's watch , consisting of himself and Louis , were off duty . It was a very democratic routine that prevailed on board of the little steamer ; for the captain was no bigger man than the two seamen before the mast , and was obliged to take his turn on the lookout ; but the arrangement had been made by the boys , all had agreed to it , and no one could complain . Scott went to his place in the bow , taking the glass with him . He had given out the course to his successor at the wheel , and the Maud was now going at full speed .