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One quarter of malt 2 2 0 8lb. of hops 0 12 0 6lb. of treacle 0 2 0 8lb. of liquorice root bruised 0 8 0 8lb. of essentia bina 0 4 8 8lb. of colouring 0 4 8 Capsicum half an ounce 0 0 2 Spanish liquorice two ounces 0 0 2 India berries one ounce 0 0 2 Salt of tartar two drams 0 0 1 Heading a quarter of an ounce 0 0 1 Ginger three ounces 0 0 3 Lime four ounces 0 0 1 Linseed one ounce 0 0 1 Cinnamon bark two drams 0 0 2 3 14 7 Coals 0 3 0 Total expense £ 3 17 7
Eggs sprang up from a guinea to 30s. a dozen. Jam started at 30s. the 6lb. jar. Maizena was 5s. a pound. On the other hand, tobacco fell. Egyptian cigarettes were only 1s. each, and Navy Cut went for 4s. an ounce. During a siege one realises how much more than bread, meat, and water is required for health. Flour and trek-ox still hold out, and we receive the regulation short rations.
For the information of those in search of novelties, I may say that the giant is thirty years of age, a native of Tongchuan, born of parents of ordinary stature; he is 7ft. 1in. in his bare feet, and weighs, when in condition, 27st. 6lb.
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