I awoke, sometimes, to find the sun already shining into my cabin.

I heard water rushing by, with only a thin plank between me and the depths, and I said, "How is this ?" But it was all right; it was my ship on her course, sailing as no other ship had ever sailed before in the world.

The rushing water along her side told me that she was sailing at full speed.

I knew that no human hand was at the helm; I knew that all was well with "the hands" forward, and that there was no mutiny on board.
The phenomena of ocean meteorology were interesting studies even here in the trade-winds.

I observed that about every seven days the wind freshened and drew several points farther than usual from the direction of the pole; that is, it went round from east-southeast to south-southeast, while at the same time a heavy swell rolled up from the southwest.