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And that night , also , between six and seven bells , with the storm subsided and only a moderate sea , Schwartz , the second mate , went overboard -- went without a cry , without a sound . Singleton , relieving him at four o'clock , found his cap lying near starboard , just forward of the after house . The helmsman and the two men in the lookout reported no sound of a struggle . The lookout had seen the light of his cigar on the forecastle-head at six bells -LRB- three o'clock -RRB- . At seven bells he had walked back to the helmsman and commented cheerfully on the break in the weather . That was the last seen of him . The alarm was raised when Singleton went on watch at four o'clock .