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SURVIVAL ON LAND AND SEA 
be based on careful estimates of your chances of being picked up 
and the probability of catching rain water. 
Do not drink sea water. It will increase your thirst and 
make you violently sick. However, you can obtain some relief 
by moistening the lips and rinsing out the mouth with sea 
w’ater, also by soaking sea biscuits in small quantities of it. 
But remember that sea water taken into the body in any fashion 
in larger quantities is very dangerous. Do not drink urine. It 
contains poisonous \^aste products that will greatly increase 
your thirst. 
Food at Sea 
Food is not as important as water. A man with water can 
survive several weeks without food. However, the more food 
you have, the better are your chances. So check up on your 
emergency rations in advance and learn how best to divide 
and use them. Issue food and water at regular intervals. If 
you don’t have a watch to gauge the time, issue the rations at 
sunrise, noon, and sunset. A strict watch should be kept over 
food and water at all times. A trustworthy man should be 
delegated to take charge of the preservation and rationing of 
food and water. 
FISHING 
If fish can be caught they will provide you with both food 
and water. Be sure your can of fishing gear is in the raft. 
It has full instructions, but some of these will bear repetition. 
If you can catch fish, you will not die of hunger or thirst. 
The flesh of fish caught in the open sea is good to eat, cooked 
or raw. It is healthy and nourishing. Many tribes and some 
nations commonly eat fish raw and like it. 
