noon
The leak in the _ Barracouta 's _ bow was calked , making her as tight as before . The following day dawned fiery red and it was evident that a fall storm was brewing . Jim and Percy had to battle with a high sea when they set and pulled their trawl ; and they were glad enough to get back to Tarpaulin with their catch . By noon a heavy surf was bombarding the southern shore . Five o'clock found the gale in full blast . A terrific wind whipped the rain in level sheets over cove and beach and against the low cabin squat on the sea-wall . Great , white-maned surges came rolling in from the ocean to boom thunderously on the ledges round Brimstone .