ten
o'clock
Sam was energetic in his condemnation of both the Kanakas for getting drunk , and the captain for giving them any money wherewith to do so . The remainder of the watch fortunately concluded their carouse without any serious disorder . A few bruises bestowed upon one another , more in clumsy horseplay than real fighting summed up the casualties among them . By ten o'clock that evening we had them all safely on board again , ready for sore heads and repentance in the morning . During the day I had evolved a scheme , which I had great hopes of carrying out when our watch should be let loose on the morrow . When morning came , and the liberty men received their money , I called them together and unfolded my plan . Briefly , I proposed a sort of picnic at a beautiful spot discovered during our wooding expedition .