seven o'clock in the evening
Newton , who had neither eaten nor drunk since the night before , was again in despair , tormented as he was by insufferable thirst : when he observed that the locker under the stern-sheets was closed . He hastened to pull it open , and found that the bottles of wine and cider which he had deposited there were remaining . A bottle of the latter was soon poured down his throat , and Newton felt as if restored to his former vigour . At seven o'clock in the evening the boat was nearly high and dry . Newton baled her out , and , fixing the grapnel firmly in the sand , lay down to sleep in the stern-sheets , covered over with the sail . His sleep was so sound that he did not wake until six o'clock the next morning ; when the boat was again aground . He refreshed himself with some wine , and meditated upon his prospect .