436 Of Food. 



In avoirdupois weight and English money, it is : — 



lbs. oz. Pence. 



1 2 j^g of meat dumplings, and ) ggg 



1 8^Vo bread soup \ ' ' ' ^^^^ 

 I 8j^g^ ammunition bread o^^ 



3 HiVo of food. Cost .... 2^L pence. 



The results of all these experiments (and of many 

 more which I could add) show that the Bavarian soldier 

 can live — and the fact is that he actually does live — 

 upon a little more than two thirds of his allowance. 

 Of the five kreutzers a day which he receives in money, 

 he seldom puts more than two kreutzers and a half^ 

 and never more than three kreutzers^ into the mess ; so 

 that at least two fifths of his pay remains, after he has 

 defrayed all the expenses of his subsistence. And as 

 he is furnished with every article of his clothing by 

 the sovereign, and no stoppage is ever permitted to be 

 made of any part of his pay, on any pretence whatever, 

 there is no soldier in Europe whose situation is more 

 comfortable. 



Though the ammunition bread with which he is fur- 

 nished is rather coarse and brown, being made of rye- 

 meal, with only a small quantity of the coarser part of 

 the bran separated from it, yet it is not only wholesome, 

 but very nourishing ; and for making soup it is even 

 more palatable than wheaten bread. Most of the sol- 

 diers, however, in the Elector's service, and particularly 

 those belonging to the Bavarian regiments, make a 

 practice of selling a great part of their allowance of 

 ammunition bread, and with the money they get for it 

 buy the best wheaten bread that is to be had; and 

 many of them never taste brown bread but in their 

 soup. 



