About six o’clock in the evening
But , in spite of all their ceremonies , the sky remained clear and beautiful , and they profited nothing by their slaughtered sheep and their ugly grimaces . The blacks then abandoned themselves to the most furious orgies , and got fearfully drunk on `` tembo , '' a kind of ardent spirits drawn from the cocoa-nut tree , and an extremely heady sort of beer called `` togwa . '' Their chants , which were destitute of all melody , but were sung in excellent time , continued until far into the night . About six o'clock in the evening , the captain assembled the travellers and the officers of the ship at a farewell repast in his cabin . Kennedy , whom nobody ventured to question now , sat with his eyes riveted on Dr. Ferguson , murmuring indistinguishable words . In other respects , the dinner was a gloomy one . The approach of the final moment filled everybody with the most serious reflections .