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Of water we have certainly not more than 200 gallons , but by reducing each person 's allowance to a pint a day , we hope to eke out that , too , over the space of three months . It is arranged that the food shall be distributed under the boatswain 's superintendence every morning at ten o'clock . Each person will then receive his allowance of meat and biscuit , which may be eaten when and how he pleases . The water will be given out twice a day -- at ten in the morning and six in the evening ; but as the only drinking-vessels in our possession are the tea-kettle and the old Irishman 's tin pot , the water has to be consumed immediately on distribution . As for the brandy , of which there are only five gallons , it will be doled out with the strictest limitation , and no one will be allowed to touch it except with the captain 's express permission . I should not forget that there are two sources from which we may hope to increase our store . First , any rain that may fall will add to our supply of water , and two empty barrels have been placed ready to receive it ; secondly , we hope to do something in the way of fishing , and the sailors have already begun to prepare some lines .