nine o'clock
It was a perfectly exhilarating experience to walk about on real earth once more . We cooked some turtle meat and stayed a few hours on the island , after which we entered the boat and put off on our journey again . Just before leaving I stored a quantity of corn , cobs , seeds , & c. , in a little cairn in case we might be compelled to return . I always steered , keeping east by north , but Yamba relieved me for a few hours each evening -- generally between six and nine o'clock , when I enjoyed a brief but sound sleep . Gunda never offered to take a spell , and I did not think it worth while to trouble him . Thus night and day we sailed steadily on , occasionally sighting sharks and even whales . We passed a great number of islands , some of them wooded and covered with beautiful jungle growths , whilst others were nothing but rock and sand .