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and 4 oz. of curry-stuff; whilst the low castes, Dheers, &c. eat 4 ozs. of dal, 
16 ozs. of jowaree, 4 ozs. of vegetables, 4 oz. of curry-stuff, 4 ozs. of fish, 
and 1 oz. of oil. The jail dietary varies with labour and day of the week. 
The food is cooked for the midday meal, and is eaten cold at the five p.m. meal. 
The people are spare and weakly, and stomach and bowel diseases with fever 
are common. (Diet No. 15.) 
37. Dr. C. E. W. Benstey, Raepore, states that both rice and wheat are 
largely grown there, and the latter sometimes supplements the former. He 
gives two scales of free dietary, one containing rice 24 to 32 ozs., attah 6 to 
8 ozs., dal or vegetables 6 to 8 ozs.; fish or meat once a fortnight, in lieu 
of dal and vegetable, 8 ozs.; milk, dhye, or buttermilk 12 to 16 ozs., with a 
little ghee or oil and condiments. The other contains the same quantity of 
rice, dal, and vegetables, with buttermilk every three or four days 16 ozs. 
Fish or meat only once a month, and milk or dhye once in two or three 
weeks, The labouring classes are agriculturists and possess cows. Those 
liying on the second scale are not so strong as the others. The whole district 
is miasmatic. Dyspepsia prevails among all classes. The jail dietary varies 
with labour. The improved dietary had been beneficial. (Diet No. 17.) 
38. J. H. Carr, Esq., Belaspore, states the kind of foods used, and the 
quantity eaten at a time, but does not give a complete daily dietary for any 
class. The jail dietary consists of 184, ozs. of wheat-flour (or 15 ozs. of 
rice), 33 ozs. of dal, or 73 ozs. of green vegetable, with a little salt, oil, and 
condiments. 
39. T. Krve, Esq., Kowtah, states that the dietary of the industrial popu- 
lation is as follows :—attah or wheat, with the bran partly removed, 24 to 
32 ozs., rice 16 to 24 ozs., dal 2 to 4 ozs., Indian corn, roasted between 
meals, 2 to 4 heads, and gram 2 to 4 ozs. The labouring classes eat 24 to 
40 ozs. of jowaree (a species of imphey-seed), 2 to 4 ozs. of dal (lauk), and 
4 to 6 heads of Indian corn. The jail dietary varies with labour and day of 
the week. (Diet No. 18.) 
DINApoRE. 
40. Dr. J. B, Auten, Behar, gives a list of the various kinds of foods and 
tobaccos in use, and the following is the quantity of the former which is 
eaten by the free labouring classes at one meal, but he does not state whether 
more than one meal is eaten daily, viz. :—rice 8 chits.* or flour 12 chits., 
dal 2 chits., vegetables 3 chits., mustard-oil and spices 4 chit. each, salt 
g chit., and occasionally 8 chits. of meat. The jail dietary is less than the 
home dietary, and the prisoners are dejected and depressed from confine- 
ment and absence of tobacco, yet they increase in weight. It consists of 
rice 24 ozs., or an equivalent in flour, dal 6 ozs., vegetables 4 ozs., ghee, salt, 
and massalahs 4 oz. each. (Diet No. 13.) 
41. Dr. T. B. Farncomse, Bhangulpore, states that the food, except rice, of 
the agricultural classes varies much with the season and locality. The jail 
dietary varies with labour and length of sentence. (Diets Nos. 11, 5, 6, 
and 7. 
42. Dr, N. C. Macnamanra, Tirhoot, divides the inhabitants into four classes, 
and largely describes them and their dietary. The Brahmins eat 1 to 12 Ib. 
of bread, 1 to 14 Ib. of rice, 6 ozs. of dal, with butter, vegetables, and salt, 
and sometimes 3 1b. of fish or flesh daily. Some take 1 to 14 pint of milk once or 
twice a day. Gwallas and Koormees, who are shepherds, eat 1 to 14 Ib. of 
* The seer here = 2 Ibs. 12 drachms when bought in quantities of 5 seers and upwards, 
but only = 1 Ib. 13 ozs. 9 drachms at the bazaar-rate below 5 seers. 
