about nine o’clock in the morning
When he was finally picked up , every power of his mind had failed him ; and , as before said , it was nearly an hour after getting on board the Penguin before he became fully aware of his condition . In regard to myself -- I was resuscitated from a state bordering very nearly upon death -LRB- and after every other means had been tried in vain for three hours and a half -RRB- by vigorous friction with flannels bathed in hot oil -- a proceeding suggested by Augustus . The wound in my neck , although of an ugly appearance , proved of little real consequence , and I soon recovered from its effects . The Penguin got into port about nine o'clock in the morning , after encountering one of the severest gales ever experienced off Nantucket . Both Augustus and myself managed to appear at Mr. Barnard 's in time for breakfast -- which , luckily , was somewhat late , owing to the party over night . I suppose all at the table were too much fatigued themselves to notice our jaded appearance -- of course , it would not have borne a very rigid scrutiny . Schoolboys , however , can accomplish wonders in the way of deception , and I verily believe not one of our friends in Nantucket had the slightest suspicion that the terrible story told by some sailors in town of their having run down a vessel at sea and drowned some thirty or forty poor devils , had reference either to the Ariel , my companion , or myself .