The ammunition was sufficient for these and for the few pistols and muskets which we found in the Frenchman's cabin.

Further, we looked long and hard at our charts, which seemed well marked for the passage we were bound on.

The English fellow, we discovered, had been several times that way; and, though he was no pilot, he said he yet knew the Bass Rock from a mud bank, and, provided we fell in with neither pirates, tempest, nor the Spaniard, could put us into Leith Roads right side uppermost as well as any man.
Whereat we felt easier in our minds than we had been.
By the time all these consultations were ended, the watch was half spent.

Ludar therefore ordered me below, whether I would or no, to rest.

In truth I was ready for it, and fell asleep almost before my head touched my pillow.
When I awoke, Ludar stood beside me.
"Up!" said he, "all goes well, and your watch-partner awaits you." "Ludar," said I, springing up.