180 ad ; REPORT—1863. 
Poorest Class—Hindoo Labourers. Better Class. 
Quantity. | Cost. | Quantity. | Cost. 
ch. "Kk. ~|-a. p. ch. k. p. 
ies OU Pee, See 12 0 1i {10 0 1} 
Weretablos™ | 3% SoRawie se 4 0 4 3.0 2 
Fishy... (Gt fits be ae ee oe 2 0 4 2 0 2 
DON) PAE IR ORT RAS 2 el 1 1 2 4 
Mustard-oil (not oftenused)| 0 1 ra Org Zz 
Balt Eee Pred TUL f p. Cat + 0 2 Zz 
Massalahs....,,......., we ft a | Zz 
GHEGHE | ESS 4 Se ae 0 3 Zz 
19 SO @ 17 23| 33 
or 39 ozs. or 353 02s. 
The Assamese are stronger than other Hindoos; but the Hill-men and 
Mussulmen eating flesh are superiorin muscular development, activity,strength, 
and courage. Opium-eating prevails, and renders the victims susceptible to 
attacks of epidemics and malaria. Rice and curries compose the meals. He 
thinks the new jail dietary sufficient, viz. 28 ozs. for non-labouring, and 24 ozs. 
for labouring prisoners; and approves the plan of putting all prisoners on the 
first to begin with, until accustomed to the regular dietary of the jail and in 
full work. He gives the present scale of diet, which varies with the race 
and labour. (Diets Nos. 1 and 3.) 
8. Dr. W. B. Brarson, of Chittagong, states that rice to the extent of about 
27 ozs. is the daily food. New rice is generally eaten, and is cheaper than 
old, but not so nutritious. It is said to be productive of rheumatism, per- 
haps from the formation of excess of lactic acid. The rice-water is not 
always thrown away. Labourers take an early breakfast of the rice left from 
yesterday, and two other meals of rice and vegetables. Chillies are eaten so 
largely as 3 Ibs. per month. Oil or ghee and dals are too expensive, and 
therefore but little eaten. The skins of seeds are rejected as indigestible, and 
some of the dals are unwholesome. Vegetables are eaten abundantly, and 
cooked with condiments, fish, and shrimps. A loathsome compound for 
human food is made from the refuse of fish dried in the sun, and mixed with 
the excrements of the crows feeding upon it. The Mussulmen eat animal 
food in considerable quantity when they can afford it. A boat’s crew of 
twelve men ate the fore quarter of a large hog-deer, with oil and rice, at 
one meal; and would eat at a meal 10 Ibs. of pumpkin, 18 lbs. of rice, 8 ozs, 
of shrimps, 2 ozs. of chillies, 4 ozs. of salt, with sometimes 2 Ibs. of dal 
cooked with salt and chillies. Milk is highly appreciated, and particularly 
by the Hindoos. The Feringhees eat more largely of poultry, pork, and 
other animal foods. The Mughs are almost carnivorous, eating snakes, 
lizards, &e. Spirits and intoxicating drugs are largely taken. The Mughs 
in the hilly districts are the finest race of men, and then the Hindoos of the 
fishermen caste. The Feringhees are a weak and degenerate class, and as a 
race the Mussulman and Hindoo natives are anything but robust. Hygienic 
conditions are very defective, and miasma is rife. The new jail system of — 
dietary had been too recently introduced to enable him to show the effect of : 
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