one o'clock
'' _ Paladore _ -- I have heard , Have read bold fables of enormity , Devised to make men wonder , and confirm The abhorrence of our nature ; but this hardness Transcends all fiction . '' '' _ Law of Lombardy _ . '' We must now relate what had occurred on deck during the struggle of Newton to escape from his prison . At one o'clock Jackson had calculated that in an hour , or less , the brig would strike on the reef . He took the helm from the man who was steering , and told him that he might go below . Previous to this , he had been silently occupied in coiling the hawser before the door of Newton 's cabin , it being his intention to desert the brig , with the seamen , in the long-boat , and leave Newton to perish . When the brig dashed upon the reef , which she did with great violence , and the crew hurried upon deck , Jackson , who was calm , immediately proceeded to give the orders which he had already arranged in his mind ; and the coolness with which they were given quieted the alarm of the seamen , and allowed them time to recall their scattered senses .