ten
o'clock
Breakfast was served at the appointed hour ; and at this time Mr. Gaskette was busy with his assistants , arranging the frame for a new map , considerably larger than any used before , at the head of Conference Hall . He had been at work upon it for several days , and he intended that it should surpass anything he had done before . The orang-outang , the monkey , and the pheasant had been removed to the library , where there was plenty of room for them . China was a great country , and the professor thought it would require a long talk to dispose of it ; and the conference was called for ten o'clock , and so announced at breakfast time . When the passengers went on deck , the first thing that attracted their attention was the new map ; and considering that it was made on board of the ship , it was a beautiful piece of work , for the second officer was an artist . At the appointed hour they were all in their seats . This map , though correct at the time it was made , did not , of course , include the changes which resulted from the war between Japan and China , and which have not even yet been incorporated in modern history .