Of Food, 435 



In avoirdupois weight and English money, it is : — 



lbs. oz. Pence. 



2^^^ of boiled beef, and ) oA48r 



1 8^0% bread soup I ^^^ 



iij^oV bread dumplings oflf 



1 Sj'o^^ dry bread ........ o^^ 



40 of food. Cost .... 2\^ pence. 



June 22, 1795. 

 £i^l of Fare : Bread Soup and Meat Dumplings. 



DETAILS OF EXPENSES, ETC. 

 lbs. loths. Kreutzers. 



2 o of beef 15 



2 30 semmel bread 15^ 



o 18 fine flour 3 



o I pepper I 



o 12 salt I 



o 2 sweet herbs o^ 



2 24 ammunition bread 3;|- 



2 16 water to the dumplings. 



Cost .... 391^ kreutzers. 



" The meat being cut fine or minced was mixed 

 with the semmel or wheaten bread ; and these with the 

 flour, and a due proportion of salt, were made into 

 dumplings, and boiled in the soup. These dumplings 

 when boiled weighed lo lbs.; which, divided into 12 

 equal portions, gave iq\ loths for each. 



" The soup weighed 1 5 lbs., which gave i lb. 8 loths 

 for each portion. Of dry ammunition bread, each per- 

 son received i lb. 8 loths, which cost 2\ kreutzers." 



Recapitulation. 



Each person received this day : — 

 lbs. loths. Kreutzers. 



2o| of meat dumplings, and ) t^ 



1 8 bread soup ) ' ' ' ^ 

 I 8 ammunition bread 2^ 



3 4| of food. Cost .... 5f|- kreutzers. 



