four o'clock
`` It 's getting daylight , Jessop , '' he remarked , with a glance at the sky . `` You 'd better take Tammy with you , and shove those lamps back again into the locker . '' `` i , i , Sir , '' I said , and went down off the poop with Tammy . _ The Shadow in the Sea _ When eight bells went , at four o'clock , and the other watch came on deck to relieve us , it had been broad daylight for some time . Before we went below , the Second Mate had the three t ` gallants set ; and now that it was light , we were pretty curious to have a look aloft , especially up the fore ; and Tom , who had been up to overhaul the gear , was questioned a lot , when he came down , as to whether there were any signs of anything queer up there . But he told us there was nothing unusual to be seen . At eight o'clock , when we came on deck for the eight to twelve watch , I saw the Sailmaker coming forrard along the deck , from the Second Mate 's old berth .