MEN AGAINST THE SEA 
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If and when yon have caught more fish than yon can eat, 
chew out the juice from the flesh. To do this, put a piece of 
fish in your mouth. Chew it small. Suck out the juice and 
swallow it, and then spit out the pulp that is left. Keep it up 
as long as you are thirsty and have fish. 
Fish juice tastes much like the juice of raw oysters or 
clams. It has been tested and found safe. A suggested method 
for squeezing out juice is to take a piece of the flesh without 
bones or skin. Cut it up fine. Wrap it in some kind of cloth, 
leaving long ends, and let two men twist the ends hard. Some 
juice will drip out. This has been tried with varying success 
under different conditions and is not wholly dependable, but 
since you will have plenty of time it will do no harm to 
experiment. 
MAKING YOUR OWN FISHING KIT 
In case you find that your lifeboat or raft does not have a 
fishing kit or if by chance you lose it through accident, you 
probably will be able to fashion equipment that will be service- 
able out of materials that you have at hand. Have everyone 
empty his pockets and contribute whatever he may have in 
the way of stickpins, safety pins, campaign bars, collar and 
other insignia to a pool where it may be inspected for useful 
articles. Include moisture-proof tobacco pouches, cigarette 
lighters, nail files, bobby-pins, etc. Anything that may not be 
of immediate use should be returned to the owners, subject 
to future call should the need arise. 
