X.] THE DIETARY. 3G1 



climate of our dietary, which was settled on the ground of the 

 experience gained in the expedition of 1872-73, and after 

 taking the advice of its distinguished physician Dr. Envall. 

 The dietary is shown in the following table : — 



No. 1. Sunday. 



Breakfast : butter 6 ort, coffee ICf ort, sugar 7'5 ort.^ 

 Dinner : salt pork or dried fish 75 ort, sourkrout 75 ort, pre- 

 served or fresh potatoes 12 ort, preserved vegetables 5'5 ort, 

 extract of meat 1'5 ort, raisins 5 ort, rice 50 ort, brandy or 

 rum 2 cubic inches. 

 Supper : butter 6 ort, tea 1*5 ort, sugar 7'5 ort, barley-groats 10 

 cubic inches, cheese 12 ort. 



No. 2. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 



Breakfast same as No. 1. 



Dinner : preserved meat or fish 1 portion, preserved potatoes 1 2 

 ort, preserved vegetables 5'5 ort, preserved leeks 1 portion, 

 extract of meat 1*5 ort, brandy or rum 2 cubic inches. 



Supper same as No. 1 without cheese. 



No. 3. Thursday. 



Breakfast same as No. 1. 



Dinner : salt pork 1 lb., peas 10 cubic inches, extract of meat 1*5 



ort, barley- groats 2 cubic inches, brandy or rum 2 cubic 



inches. 

 Supper same as No. 2. 



No. 4. Tuesday. 



Breakfast : butter 6 ort, chocolate 10 ort, sugar 7*5 ort. 



Dinner : salt meat 1 lb., maccaroni 15 ort (or brown beans 10 



cubic inches or green peas 1 portion;, fruit soup 1 portion, 



brandy or rum 2 cubic inches. 

 Supper same as No. 2. 



No. 5. Saturday. 



Breakfast same as No. 4. 



Dinner : preserved beeksteak or stewed beef 1 portion, preserved 

 or fresh potatoes 12 ort, preserved leeks 1 portion, fruit 

 soup 1 portion, brandy or rum 2 cubic inches. 



Supper same as No. 2. 



Every man besides had served out to him daily 1^ lb. dried 

 bread or flour (| wheat and ^ rye), 3 ort tobacco and 2 cubic 

 inches vinegar ; and weekly 1 lb. wheat-flour, 30 ort batter, 21 ort 

 salt, 7 ort mustard, 3 ort pepper, and two cubic inches vinegar. 



1 1 lb. = 100 ort = 425-05 gram. 1 kaDna = 100 cubic inc'.ies = 2-617 litres. 



