eight o'clock
` Now , lads , all hands lie down at their quarters . We shall be having a pretty hot shower of musketry among us before many minutes are over , and it will be just as well to let it pass over our heads , ' sung out our captain . All the time , though , he did not lie down , nor did some of the officers ; but of course all the people did as they were ordered , except the men at the helm . It was close upon eight o'clock , when we were within pistol-shot of the _ Ceres _ , that she opened her fire on us . Still we lay quiet . Now , do ye see , all our guns on the main deck were treble shotted . `` Our captain calmly waited , eyeing the enemy till every one of our guns bore on him .