about six in the Evening
Then Grog served out , and we took an Observation . Lat . 52 · 40 . We kept on rowing and towing with Sweeps , and our Boats ahead , until about six in the Evening ; and the Chase appearing to be a large ship , we sent Boats aboard our Consorts , and agreed to engage her . A fine breeze sprang up , and we got in our Sweeps and Boats , making all possible sail ; it came on thick again ; but we kept her open on the Larboard , and the _ Hope _ and _ Delight _ on the Starboard bow , and it being now Short Nights , we thought it impossible to lose one another . But the Master persuaded our Commander to shorten sail , saying that we should lose our Consorts if we kept on . Another Fog , and be hanged to it ; but the next morning the Yellow Curtain was lifted up , and we saw the Chase about four miles ahead , which gave us a new Life .