And two caps that had been dressed with the hair on were divided for food.
None was given to Mr.Hazel or Miss Rolleston; and this, to do the poor creatures justice, was the first instance of injustice or partiality the sailors had shown.
The lady, though tormented with hunger, was more magnanimous; she offered to divide the contents of her little medicine chest; and the globules were all devoured in a moment.
And now their tortures were aggravated by the sight of abundance.

They drifted over coral rocks, at a considerable depth, but the water was so exquisitely clear that they saw five fathoms down.

They discerned small fish drifting over the bottom; they looked like a driving cloud, so vast was their number; and every now and then there was a scurry among them, and porpoises and dog-fish broke in and feasted on them.

All this they saw, yet could not catch one of those billions for their lives.

Thus they were tantalized as well as starved.
The next day was like the last, with this difference, that the sufferers could no longer endure their torments in silence.
The lady moaned constantly.