about five o'clock in the morning
It was ordered by the general-in-chief that the watch during the night should be relieved every two hours , and that three should be on duty at once . A sufficient number of the company were detailed for this purpose , and a tent apart from the rest assigned to them , that others might not be disturbed when the watch was changed . How faithfully this watch performed their duty we learned from the developments of the next day . I turned out about five o'clock in the morning , intending to try my hand at fishing with Bob Hale and Tom Rush . We went down to the inlet where the squadron had been secured , to obtain one of the row-boats . There was not a boat there ! Even the old scow had disappeared , and the Splash was nowhere to be seen !