midnight
But we could n't see nothing but ocean . The afternoon wasted out and the sun shut down , and still there war n't no land anywheres . We wondered what was the matter , but reckoned it would come out all right , so we went on steering east , but went up on a higher level so we would n't hit any steeples or mountains in the dark . It was my watch till midnight , and then it was Jim 's ; but Tom stayed up , because he said ship captains done that when they was making the land , and did n't stand no regular watch . Well , when daylight come , Jim give a shout , and we jumped up and looked over , and there was the land sure enough -- land all around , as far as you could see , and perfectly level and yaller . We did n't know how long we 'd been over it . There war n't no trees , nor hills , nor rocks , nor towns , and Tom and Jim had took it for the sea .