about ten o'clock
`` Not at all , sir . However , we shall be at the rajah 's place tomorrow morning , and shall then have a better opportunity of seeing how things are likely to go . At any rate , he is sure to be civil for a time , and we shall be likely to procure fruit and vegetables , which , as the doctor says , are absolute necessities if the men are to be kept in good health . '' The next morning they anchored about ten o'clock opposite the campong of the rajah . It was a good deal larger than any that they had passed on the way up , but the houses were mere huts , with the exception of a large wooden structure , which they at once concluded was the residence of the rajah . As soon as the Serpent turned the last bend of the river before reaching the place , the sound of drums and gongs was heard , and a large boat , manned by eighteen rowers , shot out from the bank as the anchor was dropped . The two officials on board at once mounted the accommodation ladder , and on reaching the deck were received by the first lieutenant , behind whom stood a guard of honor of the marines .