seven o'clock
They must maintain a speed of nine knots an hour , and the wind was falling rapidly , and coming in puffs . Nevertheless , the schooner was so light and carried such a spread of canvas , besides being aided by the shore currents , that at six o'clock Bunsby reckoned they were only ten miles from the Shanghai river . The town itself was situated about twelve miles higher up . At seven o'clock they were still three miles from Shanghai . The pilot swore a formidable oath as he perceived the bonus of two hundred pounds slipping away from him . He looked at Mr. Fogg ; Mr. Fogg was impassible , although his whole fortune was in the balance . At this moment a long black funnel , from which a thick train of smoke was issuing , appeared .