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for the day. The jail dietary varies with labour and day of the week; it is 
ample. (Diet No. 21.) 
62. Dr. J. H. Locu, Mirzapore, states that in cities the first and second 
classes eat 12 to 16 ozs. of wheat-flour, 4 ozs. of rice, 4 to 6 ozs. of dals, 4 to 
8 ozs. of vegetables, and 1-1 oz. of pickles and ghee. The richer the man, the 
more ghee and rice he consumes. The third class eat bread of barley-flour, 
and not soaked in ghee; some have only one meal daily. The dietary con- 
sists of 24 ozs. of flour and 6 to 8 ozs. of dal ; and when parched grain is eaten, 
the quantity is 8 to 16 ozs.; and when they have rice, they eat about 8 ozs. 
at each meal. The fourth class have still coarser food; and the quantity is, 
flour 2lbs., dal 4ozs., and parched grain 8 to 16 ozs. Nearly all eat meat 
and fish occasionally, when they can afford it; and the Kayasts (Hindoos) eat 
about 1 1b. of goat’s flesh daily. In the country, the first and second classes 
use wheat-flour ; and the daily quantity is, flour 1 lb., dal 4 ozs., rice 8 ozs., 
ghee 4ozs., milk 11b., vegetables 20zs. The third class eat barley-bread, 
and consume, daily, flour 24 ozs., dal 6ozs., ghee (when used) 2 ozs., rice 
20 ozs., and vegetables 80zs. The fourth class live very poorly, and the food 
consists of flour 24 to 32 ozs. and dal 4 ozs. The jail diet varies with 
labour and day of the week; and the prisoners gain weight upon it. (Diet 
No. 21.) 
63. R. Cocksurn, Esq., Allahabad, states that wheat, barley, bajra, jowar, 
&c. are the principal grains; rice is but little eaten; maize is seldom eaten 
as bread, but is roasted whole in the ear before it is quite ripe; dals are 
generally used. The daily dietary is not given. 
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64. Dr. J. C. Wutsnaw, Oude, describes at great length the various foods 
in use. He remarks upon the difficulty of obtaining exact information. 
Poverty is common, but destitution very rare. A very large proportion of the 
poor scarcely ever cook, but live for weeks on suttoo, cheap fruits, with such 
seeds as they collect. Some keep pigeons, which, having collected grain, are 
made to vomit it up for human use. The unchanged grain is washed out of 
the dung of oxen when treading out the corn. This class is very liable to 
disease. Kuwnjers, living in jungles, will eat jackals, snakes, wild cats, and every 
kind of animal and vegetable food. Mussulmen eat all ordinary food, except 
pork. Buffalo-flesh is cheap, and the animal must be killed with the proper 
ceremonies. The low-caste Hindoos eat the flesh of animals dying naturally, 
and pork largely. Brahmins, &c., may eat any game, as deer, porcupines, 
birds, and flesh. Some Ohuttrees eat goat’s flesh. The high-caste Hindoos 
do not eat onions, and some refuse garlic or turnips. Among all castes there 
are Bhaghuts, who swear not to eat meat or drink intoxicating liquors. The 
Chuttrees, earning from 5 to 8 rupees a month, eat daily from 14 to 2 lbs. of 
wheat or barley, unleavened bread, with 4 ozs. of boiled dal and some chillies. 
They cook only once a day, and eat only parched grain at other periods ; 
very few eat meat daily; fish is a more common diet; milk is not a uni- 
versal food ; ghee is always eaten when it can be obtained. Some of the rich 
drink half a pint to 3 pints of milk a day, and become very fat. Eggs are eaten 
by Mussulmen, and chiefly by the rich; they attach great importance to 
water, and will say that one is light and wanting in strength, whilst another 
18 good and full of body. Salt is indispensable; lime is eaten daily, either 
mixed with tobacco or otherwise. There is no well-detailed daily dietary. 
oe jan dietary varies with sex and labour, and to some extent with day of 
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