about eleven o'clock
There was but one mode of accounting for the circumstance . Had we entered a bay , the current must have been less , and it seemed necessary there should be some outlet to such a swift accumulation of water . It was not the mere rising of the water , swelling in an estuary , but an arrow-like glancing of the element , as it shot through a pass . We had a proof of this last fact , about eleven o'clock , that admitted of no dispute . Land was seen directly ahead , at that hour , and great was the panic it created . A second look , however , reassured us , the land proving to be merely a rocky islet of some six or eight acres in extent . We gave it a berth , of course , though we examined closely for an anchorage near it , as we approached .