six o'clock
All on board feared that it could not be done , and every one -- Phileas Fogg , no doubt , excepted -- felt his heart beat with impatience . The boat must keep up an average of nine miles an hour , and the wind was becoming calmer every moment ! It was a capricious breeze , coming from the coast , and after it passed the sea became smooth . Still , the Tankadere was so light , and her fine sails caught the fickle zephyrs so well , that , with the aid of the currents John Bunsby found himself at six o'clock not more than ten miles from the mouth of Shanghai River . Shanghai itself is situated at least twelve miles up the stream . At seven they were still three miles from Shanghai . The pilot swore an angry oath ; the reward of two hundred pounds was evidently on the point of escaping him .