about
noon
It lasted about an hour , ceasing as suddenly as it had commenced , and leaving the air clear , cool , and pure . We had a most excellent dinner , washed down by a glass or two of good wine ; some capital stories illustrative of life on the island were told ; and about midnight we all turned in , I , for one , being almost knocked up by my tramp about Kingston , after the confinement of the ship . The next morning we took a walk over the estate before breakfast , visiting the negroes ' quarters , the sugar-mill , and other buildings , and gaining thereby an appetite which proved most destructive to our host 's pickled mackerel , cold boiled tongue , eggs , etcetera . We made a clean sweep of the comestibles , washed all down with a cup or two of tea , and then started for Kingston , finally arriving on board the `` Astarte '' about noon . We remained at Port Royal two days longer , during which we gave the craft a brush of paint inside and out , and otherwise titivated her up after her run out from England , when we received orders to sail upon a three-months ' cruise among the Windward Islands . We accordingly weighed , and stood out to sea with the first of the land breeze ; and , having cleared the shoals , hauled up on the port tack , keeping close under the land to take all possible advantage of the land breeze in making our easting . By midnight we were off Morant Point , from which we took our departure ; and in another hour were tearing along under topgallant-sails , upon a taut bowline , and looking well up for the Island of Grenada , under the influence of a strong trade-wind .