one o'clock in the morning
It was about midnight that there was a stir in the cabin , and it appeared that Mr. Shedden had the yellow fever , and shortly afterward another white man , a sailor belonging to the schooner , then one of Mr. Shedden 's slaves . Well , there the fever stopped -- no one else was taken ill -- the usual remedies were applied , but before morning they were all three delirious . At sunrise it was still calm , and continued so till sunset ; and all the day the passengers were annoyed by the back fins of the three sharks , which continued to swim about . Again they went to bed , and just before one o'clock in the morning Mr. Shedden , in his delirium , got out of his bed , and , rushing on the deck , jumped overboard before any one could prevent him ; and old Etau , who never left where she sat , was heard to say , ' _ One _ ! ' and the bell was struck _ one _ by the seaman forward , who did not know what had happened . Morning came on again and there were but two sharks to be seen . About noon the other white man died and he was thrown overboard ; and as one shark seized his body and swam away , old Etau cried out , ' _ Two !