about eight o’clock at night
And , indeed , I was glad not to have been a spectator of the havoc they made , because I am confident it would have sensibly touched me , by bringing former passages into my mind , which I would rather have forgot . I slept some hours , but perpetually disturbed with dreams of the place I had left , and the dangers I had escaped . However , upon waking , I found myself much recovered . It was now about eight o'clock at night , and the captain ordered supper immediately , thinking I had already fasted too long . He entertained me with great kindness , observing me not to look wildly , or talk inconsistently : and , when we were left alone , desired I would give him a relation of my travels , and by what accident I came to be set adrift , in that monstrous wooden chest . He said `` that about twelve o'clock at noon , as he was looking through his glass , he spied it at a distance , and thought it was a sail , which he had a mind to make , being not much out of his course , in hopes of buying some biscuit , his own beginning to fall short . That upon coming nearer , and finding his error , he sent out his long-boat to discover what it was ; that his men came back in a fright , swearing they had seen a swimming house .