Note 50 — Chapter II

There seems something improbable about this figure. For one thing, very few people could eat over 2 lb. of wheat—representing over 3 lb. of bread—per diem; and white bread forms no important part of the diet of most populations. Probably the figures represent the amount of bread necessary to a hardworking labourer, whose dietary consists chiefly of bread—a diet only common to the south of England.—[Trans.]