about twelve o'clock
However , upon waking , I found myself much recovered . It was now about eight o'clock at night , and the captain ordered supper immediately , thinking I had already fasted too long . He entertained me with great kindness , observing me not to look wildly , or talk inconsistently ; and when we were left alone , desired I would give him a relation of my travels , and by what accident I came to be set adrift in that monstrous wooden chest . He said that about twelve o'clock at noon , as he was looking through his glass , he spied it at a distance , and thought it was a sail , which he had a mind to make -LSB- 89 -RSB- , being not much out of his course , in hopes of buying some biscuit , his own beginning to fall short . That upon coming nearer and finding his error , he sent out his long-boat to discover what it was ; that his men came back in a fright , swearing they had seen a swimming-house . That he laughed at their folly , and went himself in the boat , ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them . That the weather being calm , he rowed round me several times , observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them .