noon
There were many more hanging to different parts of the main-mast , but on examination they were found to be quite dead . We sent on board all that showed any symptoms of life , and then we swam to the fore-mast , and assisted those who were hanging to it . In about two hours our task was completed , and we mustered twenty-six men on the wreck . We were glad to shelter ourselves under the bulwark , where we all lay huddled up together ; before noon , most of the poor fellows had forgotten their sufferings in a sound sleep . Cross , I , and the man with the broken arm , were the only three awake ; the latter was in too much pain to find repose , and , moreover , suffered from extreme thirst . A breeze now sprang up from the southward , which cheered our spirits , as without wind there was little chance of receiving any assistance . Night again came on , and the men still slept .