four o'clock
Fort George Island is certainly a beautiful place for a summer or a winter residence , or for both . It is three and a half miles long , not including the sand-bar at the end , and a mile wide . On one side is the ocean , and on the other the Sisters ' Channel , one of the inside passages by which steamers reach Savannah and Fernandina . Owen told me the party would sail for Jacksonville at four o'clock , and dine as soon as the steamer was under way . All the excursionists landed , and leaving Washburn in charge , I went with them . Cornwood began to discharge his duties as guide as soon as we were on shore ; but a considerable portion of the party were familiar with the island , and he did not have a large audience . `` This shell road , '' said he , as we left the wharf , `` is the beginning of Edgewood Avenue , which is two miles and a half long .