trayed it, Passepartout could scarcely have restrained
himself from personal violence.

Passepartout remained on deck as long as the
tempest lasted, being unable to remain quiet below,
and taking it into his head to aid the progress of the
ship by lending a hand with the crew. He over-
whelmed the captain, officers, and sailors, who could
not help laughing at his impatience, with all sorts of
questions. He wanted to know exactly how long the
storm was going to last; whereupon he was referred
to the barometer, which seemed to have no intention
of rising. Passepartout shook it, but with no percepti-
ble effect; for neither shaking nor maledictions could
prevail upon it to change its mind.

On the 4th, however, the sea became more calm, and
the storm lessened its violence; the wind veered south-
ward, and was once more favourable. Passepartout
cleared up with the weather. Some of the sails were
unfurled, and the "Rangoon" resumed its most rapid
speed.

The time lost could not, however, be regained.
Land was not signalled until five o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 6th; the steamer was due on the 5th. Phileas
Fogg was twenty-four hours behindhand, and the
Yokohama steamer would of course be missed.

The pilot went on board at six, and took his place
on the bridge, to guide the "Rangoon" through the
channels to the port of Hong Kong. Passepartout

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