I lived very sparingly indeed; two shillings per DIEM paid for my food and tobacco.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
That's how I became 33702 Private Phineas McPhail, A Company, 10th Wessex Rangers, at the remuneration of one shilling and twopence per DIEM."
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
Playing for themselves, they win, on the average, from four to five dollars per DIEM; playing for others, they contrive to gain from eight to twelve.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot