We concluded to restrict ourselves to about four ounces of the meat per day; the whole would thus last us thirteen days.
A brisk shower, with severe thunder and lightning, came on about dusk, but lasted so short a time that we only succeeded in catching about half a pint of water.

The whole of this, by common consent, was given to Augustus, who now appeared to be in the last extremity.

He drank the water from the sheet as we caught it (we holding it above him as he lay so as to let it run into his mouth), for we had now nothing left capable of holding water, unless we had chosen to empty out our wine from the carboy, or the stale water from the jug.

Either of these expedients would have been resorted to had the shower lasted.
The sufferer seemed to derive but little benefit from the draught.

His arm was completely black from the wrist to the shoulder, and his feet were like ice.