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Four biscuits could not keep up the heat of his body , despite the quantities of hot spruce tea he drank , and he increased his allowance , morning and evening , to three biscuits . In the middle of the day he ate nothing , contenting himself with several cups of excessively weak real tea . This programme became routine . In the morning three biscuits , at noon real tea , and at night three biscuits . In between he drank spruce tea for his scurvy . He caught himself making larger biscuits , and after a severe struggle with himself went back to the old size . On the fifth day the trail returned to life .