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Seizing a calabash of water, he ran to his brother Bill, and raising him into a sitting posture, he applied the vessel to the man-o'-war's-man's lips. Bill had not strength even to drink, and the water had to be poured down his throat. Not until all of his companions had drunk, and swallowed a few mouthfuls of the barley-gruel, did Jim himself partake of anything.
In the same depository from which the tin pot had been obtained was found the proper implements for striking a light, flint, steel, and tinder, and, as the latter, within the water-tight compartment of the man-o'-war's-man's chest, having been preserved perfectly dry, there was no difficulty in setting fire to the oil.
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