six in the morning
Suffice it to say that a decision was arrived at to the following effect . Our sole chance of discovering the unfortunate castaways was to continue our voyage for two or three parallels farther ; the goal was there , and which of us would not sacrifice even his life to attain it ? `` God is guiding us , Mr. Jeorling , '' said Captain Len Guy . The following day , the 29th of December , at six in the morning , the schooner set sail with a north-east wind , and this time her course was due south . The two succeeding days passed wholly without incident ; neither land nor any sign of land was observed . The men on the _ Halbrane _ took great hauls of fish , to their own satisfaction and ours . It was New Year 's Day , 1840 , four months and seventeen days since I had left the Kerguelens and two months and five days since the _ Halbrane _ had sailed from the Falklands .