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He tested them by applying his own weight , then gave the crestfallen and astounded Potter a few terse words of advice about eating too much supper . Five minutes later the deck was quiet . The hard labor of the previous day -- such labor as hauling and pulling , handling heavy boxes and casks , and bales and barrels of provisions and ammunition -- had made me dead tired , and I slept like a log until reveille . This unpleasant function occurred at three bells -LRB- half-past five o'clock -RRB- , and it consisted of an infernal hubbub of drums and bugles and boatswains ' pipes , loud and discordant enough to awaken the seven sleepers . We roused in a hurry , and , with eyes scarcely open , began to lash up our hammocks . `` Seven turns , no more , no less , '' bawled the master-at-arms . `` Get just seven turns of the lashing around your hammocks , and get 'em quick .