eight at night
On the 2nd August , 1748 , we weighed from King 's Road , by Bristol , and at ten at night , having very little wind , anchored between the Holms and Minehead . Coming on a fresh gale at S.E. and E.S.E. , we ran by Minehead at six in the morning . Next day the wind veered to N.E. and E.N.E. ; on the 4th there was but little wind , and smooth water ; on the 5th we saw Land ; and finding that we had overshot our port , which was Cork , came to an anchor at noon off the two rocks near Kinsale . At eight at night we weighed , having a Kinsale Pilot on board , who was like to have endangered our safety , the night being dark and foggy , and the Pilot not understanding his Business ; so that he nearly turned us into the next Bay to the westward of Cork , which provoked Captain Blokes to chastise him publicly on the quarter-deck . Our two consorts got into Cork before us , and we did not anchor in the Cove until the 7th August , at three in the afternoon . We stayed here until the 28th of the month , getting in stores and provisions , and replacing as many of our tailors and haymakers as we could with real Sailors that could work the Ship . Our crew , however , were continually Marrying while we were at Cork , to the great Merriment of Self and Captain Blokes , who had seen enough and to spare of that Game ; but they _ would _ be Spliced , although they expected to sail immediately ; among others , there was a Danish man coupled by a Romish Priest to an Irish woman , without understanding a word of each other 's language , so that they were forced to use an Interpreter ; yet I perceived this pair seemed more afflicted at separation than any of the rest .