about six
o’clock A.M.
It would have been a very pleasant mode of travelling if there had been no danger of their conveyance melting and being swallowed up by the sea . The night passed on , and the explorers slept a few hours . At daybreak they breakfasted , and thoroughly enjoyed their meal . The warmth and rest had refreshed them , and they resumed their journey at about six o'clock A.M. From Cape Michael to the former Port Barnett the coast ran in an almost straight line from south to north for about eleven miles . There was nothing worthy of note about it ; the shores were low and pretty even all the way , and seemed to have suffered no alteration since the breaking of the isthmus . Long , in obedience to the Lieutenant , made bench marks along the beach , that any future change might be easily noted . Hobson was naturally anxious to get back to Fort Hope the same day , and Mrs Barnett was also eager to return to her friends .