252 BEASTS AND MEN 
It may easily be imagined that the commissariat of this 
community is no easy matter to manage. A full-grown 
lion or tiger consumes every day from 10 to 15 lbs. of meat, 
while an elephant, even when not working, receives Io lbs. 
of oats, 5 lbs. of bran, 40 Ibs. of rapes and 60 lbs. of hay—an 
allowance which has to be increased when it is made to do 
work. A hippopotamus cannot do with less than 1o Ib. of 
crushed oats, 6 lb. of bran, 16 Ib. of rye bread, 20 lb. of 
rapes, and 20 lb. of hay per diem. The animals are not 
accustomed to dainties ; yet from the following list may be 
seen the great variety of food which they receive. The list 
is taken from the records of the kitchen department, show- 
ing the amount consumed in one year :— 
85,980 kilogms. } of horseflesh. 6,350 kilogms. of cabbage. 
26,093 is beef. 250 - lettuce. 
84 score pigeons. 200 i John’s bread. 
250 ~,, rabbits. 800 5 oil cake. 
120 ,,_ ~~ fowls. 3,500 6 acorns and 
48,184 kilogms. of fish. chestnuts. 
9,602 +3 white bread. 300 Fe dates. 
14,931 rye bread. 1,200 5 bananas. 
8,342 i horse cakes. 5,000 score eggs. 
6,360 a dog biscuits. 19,039 litres? of milk. 
15,800 5 maize. _ 1,380 kilogms. of oatmeal. 
16,200 crushed maize. 43,260 43 straw. 
9,600 wheat. 89,249 * hay. 
28,130 5 oats. 150,600 3 Timothy hay. 
44,684 “i crushed oats. 15,900 i clover. 
11,886 45 maslin. 1,100 * hemp. 
5,200 Y barley. 1,300 7" buck wheat. 
46,000 i bran. 850 +3 millet. 
goo - peas. 3,300 rice. 
5,500 i potatoes. 75500 ii alpine hay and 
goo ‘ horse molasses. reindeer moss. 
5,920 ie carrots, 105,000 fw grass. 
120,000 rapes. 6,450 - chopped straw. 
‘ There are slightly more than 1,000 kilogrammes to a ton. 
> There are about 13 pints to a litre. 
