"The officers of the prize hailed the Bronx coming from that direction, and that indicates that she was expected from that quarter.

Our coming from that way seems to have made Captain Dinsmore confident that the Bronx was the Arran.

I shall lay the course of my ship to the northeast, while you will proceed to the southwest.
After you have gone fifty miles in that direction, you will make a course due east, as I shall also after I have made the same distance.
Having run due east twenty miles, you will run to the northeast, as I shall to the southwest.

If you discover the Arran fire your midship gun, and I will do the same." Christy shook hands with Flint, and went on board of the Bronx.

The order was given on board of both vessels to cast off the grapnels; the gong bell sounded in each engine room, and both vessels went ahead, the Bronx coming about to her new course..