about noon
But , to his intense indignation , no sooner had he entered it than the door was latched on the outside , and when he tried to kick it open , it was signified to him that during the short time they had still to be at Rio , he was to remain in confinement , that they might be sure of him . The heat was intolerable down there ; and to add to that , there was incessant crying and groaning going on in the hold beside him , as if it were full of sick people . It was the vilest treatment he had ever been subjected to . The work of taking in the cargo went on uninterruptedly the whole night , as if they were in a particular hurry to get out of the harbour , and about noon the anchor was weighed while the contents of the last lighter were being taken on board . When Salvé , some hours after , was set at liberty , they were already out in the open sea off the mouth of the channel . The captain , the three mates , and several of the inferiors in command , when on deck , wore gold-laced caps and a kind of uniform , as on a man-of-war , and the officer of the watch was armed . The crew , on the other hand , were almost to a man shabby , and they seemed to consist of men of every nationality -- English , Irish , Germans , and Americans , not to mention half a dozen negroes and mulattoes .