five o'clock
in the morning
We had a sort of panorama , or diagram of the river , which I had obtained in New Orleans , arranged on the space between the windows of the pilot-house , so that we could tell where we were at all times . Ben Bowman had put the chart on rollers , and it could be wound up from one end to the other . The only things that were likely to bother us were the bayous and cut-offs ; and the pilot was at hand at any moment he might be needed . We passed no place of importance during the night ; and at five o'clock in the morning we were at Donaldsonville . We made fast to the levee , and as we were in no hurry , I did not call any of the passengers . I told Gopher and Cobbington who the planter we had rescued was , that they might have things in proper condition at the breakfast-table . I inquired what boats had stopped at the place , and learned that the Queen of the South had left two hours before .