bryan then took stock of what they had found ; two small bags of oats ; an earthenware bowel of what appeared to be vegetables , but had now turned to inedible mush bryan kept the bowl ; a wooden container with probably twenty dried fish covered in dirt , but they could be washed and eaten ; a small torn bag of white substance which turned out to be sea salt ; two metal dishes they could use for cooking the oats ; three swords , two badly bent and one broken ; six spears with metal blades which had been left imbedded in the picts bodies and nine small knives probable used for cutting food .