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diers in barracks for a month, or by 855 men for one day. 

 The food, consisting of bread, potatoes, meat, lentils, 

 pease, beans, &c., was weighed, with the utmost exact- 

 ness, every day during a month (including even pepper, 

 salt, and butter) ; and each article of food was separately 

 subjected to ultimate analysis. The only exceptions, 

 among the men, to the uniform allowance of food, were 

 three soldiers of the guard, who, in addition 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. un- 

 consumed. According to an approximative report by the 

 sergeant-major, each soldier consumes daily, on an aver- 

 age, out of barracks, 3 oz. of sausage, | oz. of butter, 

 | pint of beer, and ^ pint 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 5\ 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 car- 

 bon, very nearly the same proportion as in fresh meat. In 

 the calculation, the carbon 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- 



