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ONE MAN'S DAILY RATION DURING SLEDGE TRIPS continued. 



The list contains the food of the various larger expeditions 

 which have thought this question of sufficient interest to make 

 a special study of it. When comparing our rations with those 

 of the others it will be seen that they were exceedingly simple, 

 and we never suffered from lack of variety nor from the want of 

 any particular thing. 



On one point we differed considerably from the other expedi- 

 tions, by not carrying sugar, but we never suffered from the 

 want of it. The Horlick's malted milk gave us all the sugar 

 we needed, and not even when eating our pemmican ration did 

 we miss it. However, sugar is pure carbohydrate and there is 

 no harm done in carrying it, but it is a rather difficult thing to 



