Dehydrated onions 5 5 5 5 5 5
Erbswurst 8 8 8
Evaporated soups 6 6 6
Baked beans 25 25
Condensed milk 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Bacon 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Roast beef 56
Braised beef 56 56
Corned beef 70
Ox tongue 78
Curry and chicken 72
Boned chicken 61
Fruits: evaporated berries 5 5 5 5
Figs 20 20
Dates 16
Sugar 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Coffee 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Tea 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Salt 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Sweet chocolate 16

EACH BOX ALSO CONTAINED

Muslin, one yard 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Matches, boxes 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Soap, one cake 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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 protection 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 & 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.

The food cases described above were used on Colonel Roosevelt's
descent of the Rio da Duvida and also by the party who journeyed down
the Gy-Parana and Madeira Rivers. Leo Miller, the naturalist, who was
a member of the last-named party, arrived in Manaos, Brazil, while I
was there and, in answer to my question, told me that the food served
admirably and was good, but that the native cooks had a habit of
opening a number of cases at a time to satisfy their personal desire
for special delicacies. Bacon