four in the morning
When Mr. Baskirk went on deck to take his watch at midnight , the fog had disappeared , and a fresh breeze was blowing from the westward . This change was reported to the captain , and he went on deck . No sail had been seen since the fog cleared off , and Christy returned to his state room , where he was soon asleep again . He was called , as he had directed , at four in the morning , but no change in the weather was reported , and no sail had been seen . At four bells in the morning watch two sails were reported to him , one dead ahead , and the other on the port beam . He hastened to the deck , and found Mr. Amblen using his spyglass , and trying to make out the distant sails . The one at the northeast of the Bronx was making a long streak of black smoke on the sky , and there was no such appearance over the other .