ANALYTICAL EVIDENCE. 287 



3812-5 oz. of flesh, free from fat, containing of carbon 518-5 oz. 

 635-5 oz. of fat and cellular tissue, ditto 449-0 oz. 



4448-0 oz. In all, carbon 967'5 oz. 



With the bones, the meat, as purchased, contains 29 

 per cent, of fixed matter, including bones; 4,448 oz. of 

 flesh therefore contain 448 oz. of dry bones. These have 

 not been included in the calculation, although, when 

 boiled, they yield from 8 to 10 per cent, of gelatine, which 

 is taken as food in the soup. 



Fat. The amount of fat consumed was 56 oz. ; which, 

 the carbon being calculated at 80 per cent., contain in all 

 44-8 oz. of carbon. 



Lentils, pease, and leans. There were consumed 53-5 

 oz. of lentils, 185'5oz. of pease, and 218 oz. of beans. 

 Assuming the average amount of carbon in the'se vege- 

 tables to be 37 per cent., the total quantity of carbon 

 consumed in this form was 169' 1 oz. 



Potatoes. 100 parts of fresh potatoes contain 12'2 

 parts of carbon. In the 15,876 oz. of potatoes consumed, 

 therefore, the amount of carbon was 1936-85 oz. 



Bread. 855 men eat daily 855 times 32 oz., besides 

 361bs. of bread in the soup, which in all amounts to 

 27,936 oz. 100 oz. of fresh bread contain, on an average, 

 30-15 oz. of carbon; consequently, the carbon consumed 

 in the bread amounts to 8771-5 oz. 



The total consumption, therefore, was, 



In the meat 967'50 oz. of carbon. 



In the fat 44-80 ditto 



In the lentils, pease, and beans ... 1 69- 10 ditto 



In the potatoes 1936'85 ditto 



In the bread 8771-50 ditto 



Consumed by 855 men 11889-75 ditto 



Consumed by 1 man 13-9 ditto 



