noon
Dick after this kept Charley by his side , and at night made him sleep in his hammock . Several days passed by , and the ship lay without movement on the smooth ocean . A breeze at length springing up , the crew were all life and activity , with a look-out at each mast-head . Towards noon a sail was espied , and all sail was made in chase . She was a brig under English colours . On the stranger being come up with , a gun was fired across her bows ; and as she did not heave-to , a shot was sent crashing into her hull . She then hauled down her colours .