twelve
o'clock
At ordinary times the current runs up the coast , but the wind this morning was blowing from the north of west , and may have been doing so all through the night for anything I know . Well , the great thing is to make land . We are almost sure to come across some fishing-boats , but , if not , we must run ashore and find a house . '' They continued sailing until Vincent 's watch told him it was twelve o'clock , by which time the coast was quite close . The wind now almost dropped , and , lowering their sail , they rowed in until , on lowering the anchor , they found that it touched the ground . Then they lay down and slept till morning . Dan was the first to waken .