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C H A P T E R 5 2
After a thorough investigation, I made a complete list: • 192 tablets of anti‑seasickness medicine • 124 tin cans of fresh water, each containing 500 millilitres, so 62 litres in all • 32 plastic vomit bags • 31 cartons of emergency rations, 500 grams each, so 15.5 kilos in all • 16 wool blankets • 12 solar stills • 10 or so orange life jackets, each with an orange, headless whistle attached by a string • 6 morphine ampoule syringes • 6 hand flares • 5 buoyant oars • 4 rocket parachute flares • 3 tough, transparent plastic bags, each with a capacity of about 50 litres • 3 can openers • 3 graduated glass beakers for drinking • 2 boxes of waterproof matches • 2 buoyant orange smoke signals • 2 mid‑size orange plastic buckets • 2 buoyant orange plastic bailing cups • 2 multi‑purpose plastic containers with airtight lids • 2 yellow rectangular sponges • 2 buoyant synthetic ropes, each 50 metres long • 2 non‑buoyant synthetic ropes of unspecified length, but each at least 30 metres long • 2 fishing kits with hooks, lines and sinkers • 2 gaffs with very sharp barbed hooks • 2 sea anchors • 2 hatchets • 2 rain catchers • 2 black ink ballpoint pens • 1 nylon cargo net • 1 solid lifebuoy with an inner diameter of 40 centimetres and an outer diameter of 80 centimetres, and an attached rope • 1 large hunting knife with a solid handle, a pointed end and one edge a sharp blade and the other a sawtoothed blade; attached by a long string to a ring in the locker • 1 sewing kit with straight and curving needles and strong white thread • 1 first‑aid kit in a waterproof plastic case • 1 signalling mirror • 1 pack of filter‑tipped Chinese cigarettes • 1 large bar of dark chocolate • 1 survival manual • 1 compass • 1 notebook with 98 lined pages • 1 boy with a complete set of light clothing but for one lost shoe • 1 spotted hyena • 1 Bengal tiger • 1 lifeboat • 1 ocean • 1 God
I ate a quarter of the large chocolate bar. I examined one of the rain catchers. It was a device that looked like an inverted umbrella with a good‑sized catchment pouch and a connecting rubber tube. I crossed my arms on the lifebuoy around my waist, brought my head down and fell soundly asleep.
Date: 2015-02-03; view: 856
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