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The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun.

At six bells of a forenoon watch, Nat said, “Mr. Denny, heave to for soundings.”

At half-past eight—I mean one bell in the forenoon watch—I said I would get up.

I was put on the forenoon watch which went on duty at eight in the morning and came off at one in the afternoon.

Seven bells in the forenoon watch—a hail from the crow’s-nest, ‘A schooner among the ice to the south’ard and west of us, can just raise her topmasts, think she is bearing this way.’