five o'clock
At daylight the next morning the Guardian-Mother hauled out of the basin , and started on her voyage for the other extremity of the Red Sea . The promenade did not wholly change its name after it became Conference Hall , and had been enlarged and improved . It was as popular a resort as it had ever been when the ship was under way and there was anything to be seen . The place was occupied when the ship hauled out of the basin in the early morning of January 19 ; for the passengers had all asked to be called at five o'clock . It seemed a little strange to go to sea without the Maud astern , and with the principal members of her ship 's company seated with the others on the promenade . The commander had engaged a pilot for the whole length of the Red Sea ; for it is full of rocks and reefs , making the navigation difficult and dangerous , though it has been thoroughly surveyed , and the chart is speckled with small islands and coral reefs . `` I could give you the Arabic names of some of the surroundings as we proceed , '' said the captain , who had taken a position where he could observe the movements of the vessel , and it enabled him to look into the pilot-house through the after windows when he desired to do so .