200 REPORT—1863. 
93. Dr. J. C. Penny, Madhapore, gives a list of the articles of food in use, 
with the daily average quantity of each which is eaten (when they are eaten), 
the mode of preparation, and other remarks upon them, but does not give a 
daily dietary. Barley is used chiefly by the poor, and is surreptitiously mixed 
with the attah of wheat; but there is much prejudice against its use. Rice 
is not a common food. Dal is used universally. The cow yields but little 
milk ; so that the supply of milk is chiefly from buffaloes and goats, and it is 
eaten by the prosperous elasses only. Ghee is sometimes used externally as 
an inunction. Beef is confined to Mahomedans, and pork to the Seikhs. 
Mutton is plentiful, and generally enjoyed. The jail dietary varies with 
sex, labour, and day of the week. (Diet No. 23.) 
94. Dr. G. A. Watson, Shahpore, gives in detail the articles of diet used 
in the jail, The dietary varies with duration of imprisonment. Oil is given 
only to those sentenced to less than six months’, and ghee to those sentenced 
to more than six months’ imprisonment. He also supplies a long list of the 
articles of food, and of the nitrogenous substances eaten by the free inhabit- 
ants, with a statement of the eultivation, consumption, and mode of prepa- 
ration ; but he does not give a daily dietary. 
95. Dr. H. N. Etron, Sealkote, gives a similar list of foods, with a state- 
ment of the daily quantity of each when eaten, the mode of preparation, and 
the effect upon the health, &c., but does not quote a daily dietary. Attah of 
wheat is eaten by all classes, at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., in a quantity of 2 lbs. daily. 
It is made into cakes, baked in an oven or pan, and smeared with ghee. 
Gram, barley, &e. are generally eaten by the working zemindars. Dal and 
certain vegetables are eaten by all classes. Rice is not a daily food, but is 
used at entertaimments. Goats, sheep, fowls, and fish, in quantity of 1 1b., 
are eaten by all classes, but not daily by the poor. Milk and buttermilk are 
used in quantities of 24 ozs. daily. The jail dietary varies with sex, labour, 
and day of the week. (Diet No. 23.) 
96. Dr. G. HenpErson, Thelum, gives a list of foods eaten by the inhabit- 
ants, both free and in jail, with a short statement of the mode of prepara- 
tion, but does not quote the daily dietary. 
97. Dr. R. Parker, Kangra, states at length the various foods eaten in his 
district, with the daily consumption, mode of preparation, influence upon 
health, &c., but does not give a daily dietary. Rice is eaten by all classes at 
midday ; wheat-flour by the higher class, and by Cashmeeres and Mussul- 
men all the year, and by Hindoos in the hot and rainy seasons. Maize is 
principally eaten by the zemindars, except in the hottest season; millet only 
by the poorer classes; barley-flour chiefly by the zemindars; dal and condi- 
ments by all classes, and vegetables by all classes at times. Meat is eaten in 
all seasons ; carrion in quantities of 1 Ib. at a time ; and all flesh, except that 
of jackals and dogs, agrees with them. Tea is sometimes used, morning and 
evening. The jail diet varies with sex, labour, and day of the week, and is 
ample in quantity and excellent in quality. Weevil and bran should be, and 
are, excluded from the wheat-flour. 
98. Dr. T. 8. Neate, Goojranwallah, gives a very similar report, and does 
not cite a daily dietary. Wheat-flour and the best kinds of rice are eaten by 
the opulent classes ; this, with barley-meal, maize, and inferior rice, by the 
inferior classes. Milk is drunk in enormous quantities by the Sheikhs, and 
’ these, with the Mahomedans, are the chief consumers; it is scarcely attain- 
able by the poor. Ghee is not obtained by the poor except in very small 
quantities—once in ten or fourteen days, and often not for a year. The poor 
obtained damaged, but not sound, meat. The quantity of each, when eaten, 
