about five in
the afternoon
The rate at which the little craft was flying before a fresh gale , in perfectly smooth water , soon put our sealers in a better condition to form closer estimates of their chances . The look-outs aloft , one of whom was Hazard , the first officer , sent down on deck constant reports of what they could see . `` How does it look ahead , now , Mr. Hazard ? '' demanded Roswell , about five in the afternoon , just as his schooner was coming close under the smoking sides of the volcano , which had always been an object of interest to him , though he had never found time to visit it before . `` Is there no danger of our touching the ground , close in as we are to this island ? '' `` I think not , sir ; when I landed here , we kept the lead going the whole time , and we got two fathoms quite up to the , shore . In my judgment , Captain Gar ` ner , we may run down along this land as bold as lions . ''