about three o'clock
Beyond trying once or twice upon the Stour , Jack had had no experience in rowing , and his clumsiness excited considerable indignation on the part of Hawtry . The boat was heavy , and their progress , in consequence , very slow . They calculated that they must have twenty-five miles to row , as the point at which they were captured was , Hawtry had judged by the sound of the gun , fully fifteen miles distant from it , and they had walked another ten before arriving at the brigands ' encampment . All night they rowed , until the moon sank , this being , as they were aware , about three o'clock . They then lay down in the boat for a nap , and when they awoke it was daylight . They found that the wind had got up , and was blowing steadily off shore , and that they were now distant some five miles from land , the Rock of Gibraltar rising steeply from the sea some ten miles from them in a straight line . Hawtry at once set the sail again , and the boat was soon slipping fast through the water .