six o'clock
Meantime the _ Greenwich _ followed the lead of the Ostender and stood clear away to sea , leaving us struggling in the very jaws of death . Soon after the pirate craft floated clear off with the rising tide , and immediately fell to work fitting out warps to haul out under our stern , though still at some distance from us . Seeing this , no hope remained for us but to leave the ship , if possible , with the passengers and such of our men as were still alive , trusting to Providence not only to bring us safe away , but to keep us all in that desolate country amongst a strange and savage people . As said above , it was now past six o'clock , and Mr. White and the boatswain were the only unwounded officers with whom I dared intrust the command of the boats in executing my plans for leaving the ship . -LSB- B -RSB- -LSB- B -RSB- Mr. Richards , the third mate , had been killed by a grape bullet when we ran down upon the larger of the pirate crafts . He was a young man of great promise , of but twenty-two years of age , and my cousin 's son . The long-boat and the gig were all that remained sound and uninjured , the others having been shot or stove during the engagement .