about ten o’clock in the morning
If it happened to be so small as to be only capable of holding the members of Dacosta 's family , was not the giant raft large enough to receive all those who wished to assist at the ceremony ? and if not , and the crowd became so great , did not the ledges of the river banks afford sufficient room for as many others of the sympathizing crowd as were desirous of welcoming him whom so signal a reparation had made the hero of the day ? It was on the morrow , the 16th of October , that with great pomp the marriages were celebrated . It was a magnificent day , and from about ten o'clock in the morning the raft began to receive its crowd of guests . On the bank could be seen almost the entire population of Belem in holiday costume . On the river , vessels of all sorts crammed with visitors gathered round the enormous mass of timber , and the waters of the Amazon literally disappeared even up to the left bank beneath the vast flotilla . When the chapel bell rang out its opening note it seemed like a signal of joy to ear and eye .