About noon
We had reefed our sail , and made every thing as snug as we could , but the sea rising fast , and the boat taking in more water , we considered it prudent to lighten her , which we did by throwing overboard all the turtle . This we did without regret , as we were tired of eating them for so long a while . The day broke , and there appeared every sign of bad weather , and the waves now tossed and foamed too much for such a small craft as we were in . About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us , which was a source of great delight to us all , and we bore down to her . We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig , under her close-reefed topsails and trysails . We ran under her counter and hailed . We perceived several men standing abaft , and apparently they suspected us for a rover , for they had muskets and other weapons in their hands .