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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 Ibs. of bread, received, 

 during each of the periods allotted for the pay of the 

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

 same period, left 2^ Ibs. 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 P m t 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 

 5i| 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, veiy 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 |th of the weight of the meat as bought from the but- 

 cher. The number of ounces consumed (by 855 men) was 

 4,448, consisting, therefore, of 



