426 Of Food. 



duction of the new military arrangements in the 

 country, his pay has been raised to five kreutzers; 

 and with this he receives one pound thirteen ounces 

 and a half, avoirdupois weight, of rye-bread, which, 

 at the medium price of grain in Bavaria and the 

 Palatinate, costs something less than three kreutzers, 

 or just about one penny sterling. 



The pay which the soldier receives in money 

 (five kreutzers a day), equal to one penny three far- 

 things sterling, added to his daily allowance of bread, 

 valued at one penny, makes twopence three farthings 

 a day for the sum total of his allowance. 



That it is possible in any country to procure food 

 sufficient to support life with so small a sum, will 

 doubtless appear extraordinary to an English reader; 

 but what would be his surprise upon seeing a whole 

 army, composed of the finest, stoutest, and strongest 

 men in the world, who are fed upon that allowance, 

 and whose countenances show the most evident marks 

 of ruddy health and perfect contentment ? 



I have already observed how much I was struck 

 with the domestic economy of the Bavarian soldiers. 

 I think the subject much too interesting not to be 

 laid before the public, even in all its details ; and, as 

 I think it will be more satisfactory to hear from their 

 own mouths an account of the manner in which these 

 soldiers live, I shall transcribe the reports of two sen- 

 sible non-commissioned officers, whom I employed to 

 give me the information I wanted. 



These non-commissioned officers, who belong to two 

 different regiments of grenadiers in garrison at Munich, 

 were recommended to me by their colonels as being 

 very steady, careful men, are each at the head of a 



