ten o’clock at night
The cries of the poor horses , as they felt themselves being washed overboard , were frightful to hear , and many a trooper cried himself as he thought of his horse foundering in the raging sea without . Before many minutes all was as dark as night , though the watch pointed to but four o'clock , and all lights were burning below deck . It was impossible to keep a light above , for no lantern could burn in such a storm . The waves began gradually to subside at ten o'clock at night , and a slow steady rain came , which soon calmed the sea to a great extent . As soon as it was safe to go above deck , it was found that more than a hundred horses had been lost overboard , and that one mast had been carried away . Down below nearly every man was in his bunk , for there was scarcely a person who was not seasick , and most of them would n't have cared if the ship had gone down with all aboard , such was their feeling of despondency . Archie was as sick as any of the others , but was able to make notes of occurrences just the same .