C. N. Total.
Flour ............... 18.0 ...... 12.8 ... 2.9 ....... 15.7
Boned salt pork (say
a little more lean
than fat) ......... 8.0 ...... 1.9 ... 2.1 ...... 15.7
Tea ................. 0.75 ...... - ... - ........ -
Sugar ................ 3.0 .... .. 3.0 .. - ........ 3.0
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........ .... 29.75 ..... 17.7 ... 5.0 ....... 22.7
IV. -- A Sepoy's Full Rations are: --.
Gross weight Real Nutriment.
in ounces. C. N. Total.
Wheaten Flour ....... 32 ...... 22.8 ... 5.2 ...... 29.0
Pulse ................ 4 ...... 2.2 ..1.0 ....... 3.2
Butter ................1 ...... 1.0 .. 0.0 ........1.0
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........ .... 37 ..... 26.0... 6.2 .......33.3
Game was occasionally shot, by which the serious deficiency in Class N
must have been supplied. At the same time, I must say that Australian
explorers seem to travel exceedingly well on unusually scanty diets.
Food Suitable for the Stores of Travellers.--The most portable kind of
food is, unquestionably, the flesh of cattle; for the beasts carry
themselves. The draught oxen used in African and Australian explorations
serve as a last resource, when all other food is wanting.
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