5 p.m.
`` Port it is , '' was heard along the deck , and so we glided by danger after danger till all were passed , and I breathed freely at finding the ship at length clear of the island . I then once more hauled in for the land to try and ascertain our situation ; but the weather came on so thick again with heavy squalls that I was compelled very soon to stand off once more , still ignorant of where we were . My difficulties were not over . At 5 p.m. the mizen-yard was carried away in a heavy squall , though happily no lives were lost by the accident . While we were endeavouring to repair the damage it fell a stark calm , and the old galleon began to roll away awfully in the swell . I at once ordered the lead to be hove , for I knew that there were treacherous currents hereabouts . I had soon proof of this .