CHAPTER XVIII. 121 



No. 1. 



Salt pork 18 ounces. 



Beans or peas 7.5 ounces. 



Biscuit 14 ounces. 



Tea 1-2 ounce. 



Sugar 4 ounces. 



Pickels 1.14 ounces. 



Molasses 1.57 ounces. 



Vinegar 1-2 pint. 



No. 2. 



Salt beef 16 ounces. 



Flour 8 ounces. 



Dried fruit 2 ounces. 



Biscuit, tea, sugar, pickels, molasses and vinegar the same as in Ra- 

 tion 1. 



No. 3. 



Preserved meat 12 ounces. 



Rice 8 ounces. 



Butter 2 ounces. 



Dessicated mixed vegetables 1 ounce. 



Biscuit, tea, sugar, pickels, molasses and vinegar as in Ration 1. 



Preserved meat 12 ounces. 



Butter 2 ounces. 



Dessicated tomatoes 6 ounces. 



Biscuit, tea, sugar, pickels, molasses and vinegar as in Ration 1. 



Total solid food. Max. 48 ozs. to Min. 36 ozs. 



In the above rations, fresh meat, 20 ozs., or preserved meat, 12 ozs., 



may be substituted for the ration of salt pork or beef. Soft bread or 



flour, 16 ozs., may be substituted (or biscuit. Coffee, 2 ozs., or cocoa, 



2 ozs., may be substituted for tea; rice or beans, 8 ozs., may be sub- 

 stituted for each other. Vegetables of equal value may be substituted 



for beans or peas in No. 1, and for flour and dried fruits in No. 2. 



Canned vegetables, 6 ozs., may be substituted for dessicated vegetables 



in No. 3. Canned tomatoes, 6 oz., may be substituted for dessicated 



vegetables In No. 4. 



The foregoing amounts of food are in avoirdupois ounces, and have 



undergone the test of experience. 



Concerning the first, Dalton, in his work on physiology, says: 



"From experiments performed while living on an exclusive diet of 



"bread, fresh meat, and butter, with coffee and water for drink, we have 



