about eight o'clock
I got to be ter ` ble fond of her . She was just the knowingest thing you ever saw , and she used to sleep alongside of me in my bunk , and like as not she would go on deck with me when it was my watch . I was coasting then for a year and eight months , and I kept her all the time . We used to be in harbor consider ` ble , and about eight o'clock in the forenoon I used to drop a line and catch her a couple of cunners . Now , it is cur ` us that she used to know when I was fishing for her . She would pounce on them fish and carry them off and growl , and she knew when I got a bite , -- she 'd watch the line ; but when we were mackereling she never give us any trouble . She would never lift a paw to touch any of our fish .