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day. The food, consisting of bread, potatoes, meat, 

 lentils, pease, beans, &:c., was weighed, with the utmost 

 exactness, every day during a month (including even 

 pepper, salt, and butter); and each article of food was 

 separately subjected to ultimate analysis. The only ex- 

 ceptions, among the men, to the uniform allowance of 

 food, were three soldiers of the guard, who, in addi- 

 tion to the daily allowance of 2 lbs. of bread, received, 

 during each of the periods allotted for the pay of the 

 troops, 2^ lbs. extra; and one drummer, who, in the 

 same period, left 2^ lbs. unconsumed. According to an 

 approximative report by the sergeant-major, each soldier 

 consumes daily, on an average, out of barracks, 3 oz. 

 of sausage, f oz. of butter, ^ pint of beer, and tV pint of 

 brandy; the carbon of which articles amounts to more 

 than double that of the faeces and urine taken together. 

 In the soldier, the faeces amount daily, on an average, to 

 5| oz. ; they contain 75 per cent, of water, and the dry 

 residue contains 45*24 per cent, of carbon, and 13*15 per 

 cent, of ashes. 100 parts of fresh faeces consequently 

 contain 11*31 per cent, of carbon, very nearly the same 

 proportion as in fresh meat. In the calculation, the car- 

 bon of the faeces and of the urine has been assumed as equal 

 to that of the green vegetables, and of the food (sausages, 

 butter, beer, &;c.) consumed in the alehouse. 



From the observations, as recorded in the table, the 

 following conclusions are deduced. 



Flesh. — -Meat devoid of fat, if reckoned at 74 per cent, 

 water, and 26 per cent, dry matter, contains in 100 parts 

 very nearly 13*6 parts of carbon. Ordinary meat con- 

 tains both fat and cellular tissue, which together amount 

 to \i\\ of the weight of the meat as bought from the but- 

 cher. The number of ounces consumed (by ^55 men) was 

 4,448, consisting^, therefore, of 



