INDEX 
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Needle-urchins, description Qf _ 46 
Net, dip, how to make 44, 82 
Nettles 130 
Nettle tree __ 130 
Nipapalm 112 
North Star (Polaris), how to locate 26 
Nuts, edible: 
acorns 116 
cashew 95 
chestnut, water - _ _ _ 108 
lychee, or China nut 116 
peanuts-. 103 
O 
Oases, safety rules for food at 171 
Oil: 
burns, how to avoid, when abandoning ship 5 
coconut, direction for extraction of_ 39 
coconut, use of____ 32, 40, 73 
Orientation. 30 
Orion, Belt of, how to locate 24 
Owls, as food _ _ » 148 
P 
Palms, coconut (see: Coconut) 
Palms, edible parts of_____ 84, 112 
Palm weevil, as food 81 
Pandanus, or screw pine, as food 87 
Pandanus, as thirst quencher 36 
Papaya 93 
Parrot, as food 80 
Paths to follow or avoid 62 
Peaches. 116 
Peanuts 103 
Philippines, Polynesia, and Malaysia, plants of 89, 100, 116 
Physic nut 122 
Pigs, wild. 63 
Pigweed, as thirst quencher 33 
Pine (screw) as food, and where found 87 
Pineapples 103 
Piranha, South American fish 77 
Plantains 93 
Plants, edible: 
arrowroot, Polynesian 91 
bamboo shoots 99 
cacti__ 119 
cassava 103,116 
celery, wild 155 
chestnut, Polynesian 89 
coconuts 36 
ferns 108, 112, 117 
