about midnight
A few words of greeting , and inquiries and remarks , a warm long grasp of hands , and we parted . Directly I stepped on board Van Deck 's brig the _ Theodora _ , the anchor was weighed , and we stood out of the harbour with a strong land breeze . The easterly monsoon which prevailed was in our teeth , so that we were only able to progress by taking advantage of the land and sea-breezes . The land breeze commenced about midnight , and as it blew directly from the shore , we were able to steer our course the greater part of the night ; but after sunrise the wind always drew round to the eastward , and we were consequently forced off the shore . The anchor was then dropped till towards noon , when the sea-breeze set in . Again we weighed , and stood towards the shore , as near as possible to which we anchored , and waited for the land breeze at night . We had thus slowly proceeded for three or four days , having called off two estates for cargo , when , as we lay at anchor , a fleet of five or six prahus was seen standing towards us with the sea-breeze , which had not yet filled our sails .