Three cod were not much amongst fourteen starving persons, but, small as the quantity was, it was allotted in strictly equal shares.

Most of us devoured the food raw, almost I might say, alive; only Curtis, Andre and Miss Herbey having the patience to wait until their allowance had been boiled at a fire which they made with a few scraps of wood.

For myself, I confess that I swallowed my portion of fish just as it was,--raw and bleeding.
M.Letourneur followed my example; the poor man devoured his food like a famished wolf, and it is only a wonder to me how, after his lengthened fast, he came to be alive at all.
The boatswain's delight at his success was, excessive, and amounted almost to delirium.

I went up to him, and encouraged him to repeat his attempt.
"Oh, yes," he said; "I'll try again.

I'll try again." "And why not try at once," I asked.
"Not now," he said evasively; "the night is the best time for catching large fish.