about six o'clock
This was as much as I could reasonably hope ; and I thanked the skipper heartily for undertaking even so much as that . In the early hours of the morning a gentle little air from the northward -- that gradually strengthened to a nice working breeze -- sprang up ; and when I went on deck at seven bells the _ Marie Renaud _ was out of sight , and we were alone once more on the tumbling waste of waters . From that time forward nothing of importance occurred until we arrived in the longitude of the Horn , our passage of this notorious headland being accomplished in gloriously fine weather -- for a wonder -- with half a gale of wind from the eastward , blowing over our taffrail , to which we showed every rag that we could set upon the hooker . The actual passage occurred in the early morning -- about six o'clock , according to our dead reckoning -- and upon working out the sights that I had secured after breakfast for the determination of the longitude , I found that we were thirty miles to the westward of it , and far enough south to permit of our shifting our helm for the mysterious island to which we were supposed to be bound . Accordingly , having verified my figures , and pricked off the brig 's position on the chart , I made my way up on deck , and informed O'Gorman of the state of affairs . `` So we 're actually now in the moighty Pacific , eh ? '' he exclaimed in high elation .