six o'clock in the evening
But though the barrels contained only six gallons each , and we put them on their shoulders , all the signs we could make to get them to carry them were useless . They stood like statues , without motion , grinning like so many monkeys . Having watered our vessel we once more put to sea . We were now , by our reckoning , somewhere in the vicinity of New Holland , and at six o'clock in the evening we shortened sail . We were then in twenty fathoms of water , when suddenly we again found ourselves in deep water , and believed all danger at an end . But in less than an hour , without warning , our ship struck on a rock , and remained immovable . Not being near to any shore we were well aware of the gravity of our position .