About
twelve o’clock
We found more relief by bathing in the sea , but could not avail ourselves of this expedient except at long intervals , on account of the continual presence of sharks . We now saw clearly that Augustus could not be saved ; that he was evidently dying . We could do nothing to relieve his sufferings , which appeared to be great . About twelve o'clock he expired in strong convulsions , and without having spoken for several hours . His death filled us with the most gloomy forebodings , and had so great an effect upon our spirits that we sat motionless by the corpse during the whole day , and never addressed each other except in a whisper . It was not until some time after dark that we took courage to get up and throw the body overboard . It was then loathsome beyond expression , and so far decayed that , as Peters attempted to lift it , an entire leg came off in his grasp .