seven o'clock in the morning
Here they were to live as long as they liked , paying Hayes a certain quantity of coco-nut oil as tribute , and resisting , by force of arms , any attempt to take possession of the atoll by the German trading company of Godeffroy , should it be made by any one of the three , armed German brigs belonging to the firm , and then cruising in the North Pacific . Two days later we bade farewell to the old king and his pretty young wife , Se , and the _ Leonora _ sailed out of Lêlé . We were first to call at South Harbour , six miles to leeward , where we were to take in yams , pigs and other provisions for the voyage to Providence Island , as we had now over one hundred additional people on board . We ran out of Lêlé at daylight , and at seven o'clock in the morning dropped our anchor in fourteen fathoms in South Harbour , or Utwé , -LCB- * -RCB- as the natives called it . As quickly as possible the ship 's boats , aided by those belonging to the traders , set to work to bring off the yams and pigs , for which , as they were brought on deck by their native owners , I weighed and paid . By dusk we had finished , and I was just dressing to go to supper aboard one of the American whale-ships which were lying near us , when the trade wind , which had been lusty enough all day , suddenly fell -- a very dangerous sign at that season of the year . In a few minutes Hayes sent a boat over to the whalers , telling the captains that a blow was coming on from the westward , and advising them to clear out to sea .