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3. Rice. Original weights of mice 87 and 20 grammes 

 respectively. Each had gained after 15 days about half a gramme 

 in weight. 



4. Sago. The original weights of the mice were 88 and 21 

 grammes respectively and they both gained weight after 15 days. 

 They weighed 91 and 24 grammes respectively. 



5. Tapioca. The original weights of the mice were 91 and 24 

 respectively. They remained about the same weight throughout, 

 weighing after 15 days 90 J and 23 J grammes respectively. 



6. Wheat. The original weights were 89 and 22 grammes 

 respectively. They remained about the same weight throughout. 



It was remarkable that the excrements of the mice fed with 

 rations containing Potato and Sago, contained large quantities of 

 starch granules intact with some slightly affected, and they 

 were large and white as compared with the normal excrement. 

 Those from the Maize and Tapioca fed mice, shewed a small 

 quantity of the granules of the starches intact, whilst the mice 

 seemed to have digested completely the rice and wheat starches. 



