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, beadless 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.
