about four o'clock in
the afternoon
Prize crews being put on board the two vessels , we proceeded on our course , thrashing away in the teeth of the south-westerly gale . However , at last , in about three weeks , we sighted the island of Teneriffe , and hove-to that we might make arrangements for the attack . This was on the 8th of December . At about four o'clock in the afternoon , all the boats assembled round the frigate under the command of our first lieutenant . We had four boats , and there were three belonging to the corvette . I was in the boat with the first lieutenant . She was a very fine , fast boat , pulling six oars .