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APPENDIX B 



cloth, two boxes of matches, and a box of table salt. These tin 

 boxes were lacquered to protect from rust and enclosed in wooden 

 cases for transportation. A number in large type was printed on 



The above weights of food are net in avoirdupois ounces. Each complete 

 ration with its tin container weighed nearly twenty-seven pounds. The five 

 pounds over net weight of daily ration was taken up in tin necessary for pro- 

 tection of food. The weight of component parts of daily ration had to be 

 governed to some extent by the size of the commercial package in which the 

 food could be purchased on short notice. Austin, Nichols and Co., of New 

 York, who supplied the food stores for my polar expedition, worked day and 

 night to complete the packing of the rations on time. 



