About noon
The next morning they proposed that he should accompany them to where the _ Grosvenor _ had been wrecked . Daaka did not at first appear to know what they wished , and inquired , through the interpreter , whether they meant the ship that was wrecked on the sea-coast , pointing to the eastward . On receiving an answer in the affirmative , he agreed to set off with them that afternoon , saying that it was about forty miles off , and that they could not get there until the next day . About noon they set off on their journey , and as they made but slow progress over a rugged although most beautiful country , they stopped at night at a kraal about half-way . Early the next morning they were led by Daaka and some Caffres who accompanied him to the sea-shore , and when they had arrived at the beach , it being then low water , Daaka pointed to a reef , upon which were to be seen the guns , ballast , and a portion of the keelson of a ship -- all that remained of the unfortunate _ Grosvenor _ . As the sea washed over the reef ; now covering and now exposing these mementoes of misery and suffering , Alexander and Swinton remained for some time without speaking ; at last Alexander said -- `` Swinton , you have read the history of this unfortunate vessel , I know , for you asked me for it to read . What a succession of scenes of horror do these remains , which from their solid weight only have defied the power of the winds and waves , conjure up at this moment in my mind .