twelve o'clock
This did not satisfy the crew ; they were clamorous for punishment , and a mutiny was actually headed by the second mate . There was , however , a large party on board who were in no humour to see an Englishman treated with such indignity . Of what country they were may readily be conjectured . The dispute ran high ; and I began to think that serious consequences might ensue , for it had continued from the serving of grog at twelve o'clock till near two ; when casting my eyes over the larboard quarter , I perceived a sail , and told the captain of it ; he instantly hailed the look-out-man at the mast head ; but the look-out-man had been so much interested with what was going on upon deck , that he had come down into the main top to listen . `` Do n't you see that sail on the larboard quarter ? '' said the captain . `` Yes , Sir , '' said the man .