3 a.m.
The captain thanked him for his excellent communication . Then he gave N.N.E. as the route . The corvette was put about , and made for the bay of San Francisco with all steam on . It was then 3 a.m. Two hundred leagues to get over was not much for a quick vessel like the Susquehanna . It got over that distance in thirty-six hours , and on the 14th of December , at 1.27 p.m. , she would enter the bay of San Francisco . At the sight of this vessel of the national navy arriving with all speed on , her bowsprit gone , and her mainmast propped up , public curiosity was singularly excited . A compact crowd was soon assembled on the quays awaiting the landing .