about four o'clock in the afternoon
He had been carried out a great distance into the sea , but not so far as to lose sight of the land . All at once he felt the breeze freshening up . It caught his sail and soon his boat was cutting across the current . He did not have to go far before he was free from it and making headway for the island , which he reached about four o'clock in the afternoon . He found himself on the northern shore of the island , but before long the shore ran away to the southward again . He ran briskly along the west side until he found a little bay or cove . He determined to enter this , draw up his boat on shore and make his way back home across the island on foot .