six o'clock in the
morning
`` Yes , boatswain , but it was cooked by Atkins . '' `` Very well , then ; it will be cooked by Endicott here , and you will not know the difference . '' And in fact we in the saloon , like the men in the forecastle , were regaled with penguin , and acknowledged the merits of our excellent sea-cook . The _ Halbrane _ sailed on the 26th of November , at six o'clock in the morning , heading south . She reascended the forty-third meridian ; this we were able to ascertain very exactly by a good observation . This route it was that Weddell and then William Guy had followed , and , provided the schooner did not deflect either to the east or the west , she must inevitably come to Tsalal Island . The difficulties of navigation had to be taken into account , of course .