Question

What is Eurylochus talking about here?

"I'd rather die at sea, with one deep gulp of death,
than die by inches on this desolate island here!"

Answer 1

Eurylochus is convincing the men to kill a cow.

Answer 2

Yes,what he said here is a link as well it says something about killing a cow.

https://books.google.com/books?id=biBRxQmHPLIC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=I%27d+rather+die+at+sea,+with+one+deep+gulp+of+death,+then+die+by+inches+on+this+desolate+island+here!%22&source=bl&ots=TF5pclCk8V&sig=s_JtCrlhLC993DeiDtQVzulHPkw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI9dHcisnTyAIVgjU-Ch1OGAMd#v=onepage&q=I'd%20rather%20die%20at%20sea%2C%20with%20one%20deep%20gulp%20of%20death%2C%20then%20die%20by%20inches%20on%20this%20desolate%20island%20here!%22&f=false