about eleven o'clock
When once at Tulagi , they would have to wait until the first vessel touched at the island . Four men , including Venables , volunteered to make the voyage , and were ready to start that night ; but every one was exhausted by the adventures and fatigues of the day , and Underhill thought it best that they should have a night 's rest before they set off . Having arranged for watches to be kept as on board ship , he gave the order to turn in , and their clothes and the ground having been well dried by the afternoon sun , they passed a comfortable and undisturbed night . Up at daybreak , they first of all occupied themselves with completing the barricade ; then , about eleven o'clock , when they were preparing to escort the four men to the boat , which had been anchored at the foot of the cliff , some one cried out that he saw brown men advancing through the woods . Underhill instantly ordered the barricade to be manned , and served out arms and ammunition as far as they would go round . There were only a dozen rifles , however , among twenty men ; the rest armed themselves with tools and implements of various kinds . Soon a large body of brown-skinned , fuzzy-headed natives , armed with spears , clubs , and bows and arrows , came slowly towards the camp .