Chapter 52

After a thorough investigation, I made a complete list:

- 192 tablets of anti-seasickness medicine

- 124 tin cans of fresh water, each containing 500 millilitres, so 62 litres in all

- 32 plastic vomit bags

- 31 cartons of emergency rations, 500 grams each, so 15.5 kilos in all

- 16 wool blankets

- 12 solar stills

- 10 or so orange life jackets, each with an orange, beadless whistle attached by a string

- 6 morphine ampoule syringes

- 6 hand flares

- 5 buoyant oars

- 4 rocket parachute flares

- 3 tough, transparent plastic bags, each with a capacity of about 50 litres

- 3 can openers

- 3 graduated glass beakers for drinking

- 2 boxes of waterproof matches

- 2 buoyant orange smoke signals

- 2 mid-size orange plastic buckets

- 2 buoyant orange plastic bailing cups

- 2 multi-purpose plastic containers with airtight lids

- 2 yellow rectangular sponges

- 2 buoyant synthetic ropes, each 50 metres long

- 2 non-buoyant synthetic ropes of unspecified length, but each at least 30 metres long

- 2 fishing kits with hooks, lines and sinkers

- 2 gaffs with very sharp barbed hooks

- 2 sea anchors

- 2 hatchets

- 2 rain catchers

- 2 black ink ballpoint pens

- 1 nylon cargo net

- 1 solid lifebuoy with an inner diameter of 40 centimetres and an outer diameter of 80 centimetres, and an attached rope

- 1 large hunting knife with a solid handle, a pointed end and one edge a sharp blade and the other a sawtoothed blade; attached by a long string to a ring in the locker

- 1 sewing kit with straight and curving needles and strong white thread

- 1 first-aid kit in a waterproof plastic case

- 1 signalling mirror

- 1 pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes

- 1 large bar of dark chocolate

- 1 survival manual

- 1 compass

- 1 notebook with 98 lined pages

- 1 boy with a complete set of light clothing but for one lost shoe

- 1 spotted hyena

- 1 Bengal tiger

- 1 lifeboat

- 1 ocean

- 1 God

I ate a quarter of the large chocolate bar. I examined one of the rain catchers. It was a device that looked like an inverted umbrella with a good-sized catchment pouch and a connecting rubber tube.

I crossed my arms on the lifebuoy around my waist, brought my head down and fell soundly asleep.

第五十二章

    在做了全面调查之后，我列了一个详细的清单：

    ●192片抗晕船药片

    ●124锡罐淡水，每罐500毫升，共62升

    ●32只呕吐用塑料袋

    ●31盒紧急情况下食用的口粮，每盒500克，因此一共15.5千克

    ●16条羊毛毯

    ●12台太阳能蒸馏器

    ●大约10件橘黄色救生衣，每件都有一只用细绳挂着的橘黄色无珠哨子

    ●6支吗啡安瓿注射器

    ●6枚手动照明弹

    ●5支能浮于水的船桨

    ●4枚火箭式照明弹

    ●4枚火箭伞投照明弹

    ●3只粗质透明塑料袋，每只的容量是50升

    ●3只开罐器

    ●2只标有刻度的喝水用的玻璃烧杯

    ●2盒防水火柴

    ●2只橘黄色烟雾信号

    ●2只中等大小橘黄色塑料桶

    ●2只能浮于水的橘黄色塑料戽斗

    ●2只带密封盖的多功能塑料容器

    ●2块长方形黄色海绵

    ●2根能浮于水的合成缆绳，每根长50米

    ●2根不浮于水的合成缆绳，长度不确定，但每根至少有30米长

    ●两套捕鱼工具，有鱼钩、鱼线和坠子

    ●两支鱼叉，上面有非常尖利的带刺的钩子

    ●两只海锚

    ●两把斧子

    ●两只接雨器

    ●两枝黑墨水圆珠笔

    ●一张尼龙货网

    ●一只结实的救生圈，内径40厘米，外径80厘米，上面拴着绳子

    ●一把大猎刀，刀把结实，刀尖尖锐，一边是锋利的刀刃，一边是锯齿状刀刃；一根长长的线把刀拴在锁柜的一只环上。

    ●一个针线盒，里面有直的和弯的针和很牢的白线

    ●一套装在防水塑料箱里的急救用品

    ●一面信号镜

    ●一包中国造的过滤嘴香烟

    ◆一大块黑巧克力

    ●一本求生指南

    ●一只指南针

    ●一本98页的画线笔记本

    ●一个男孩，穿着一整套单薄的衣服，但是不见了一只鞋

    ◆一只斑点鬣狗

    ●一只盂加拉虎

    ◆一只救生艇

    ●一座海洋

    ●一个上帝

    我吃了四分之一块的大块黑巧克力。我检查了一只接雨器。那是一种像倒置的雨伞的装置，有一个相当大的贮水袋，袋子上连着一根橡皮管子。

    我把胳膊交叉放在套在腰间的救生圈上，低下头，沉沉地睡了。