The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-01-12

mach to the circumstances IN which the individual is
placed, among The most remarkable provisions of ma
lure. Among civilized nations. each has its peculiar
luxuries both in the way of material and preparation
and each expresses establishment the taste of the
other, until placed in similar circumstances The Eng
ish laugh at the French, for eating frogs; and the
latter reor upon the beef and plum pudding of
the former In Span garlic is an ingredient in their
dishes TO an extent Which makes them revolving to a
traveller Foreigners in this country astonished
at The manner and the quantity in which molasses is
made OF Diet There is probably in all these national pc
cuarities, an adaptation to the different constitutions
partly the effect of the climate, and partly hereditary
And yet so plant organ is the stomach that we
readily CONFORM ourselves in this respect the habits
OF those among whom we happen to be throw D, and
learn without difficulty TO that which is placed
before U.s. and ask questions This range of accom-
modaton however, very far from being expressed by
the variety OF amen used by the civilized and uxt-
rous. Necessity sometimes cempels men 70 live for
months or years upon single article and that too of
no very attractive description. cess Al sfs a
Ii is recorded that in the year I75O. caravan of a
Thousand Abyssinians in consequence of having con-
sumed their provisions, subsisted two months entirely
on the gum arabic which happened to be among their
merchandise. Instances equally extraordinary can be
found among the annals Of shpw recks and other ac
cldents Many tribes in savage state are nearly or
quite limited to diet of fruit and roots as the yam
beet, potato chestnut, banana, paln &c. Others feed
entirely on flesh of the kind as that of the
walrus, sea-bear, and sea clam. The Esquimaux de-
light IN feeding on seals and train OIL Captain Parry
mentions that when he offered to any of these people
some European delicacy, il was rejected with great
disdan There rs little doubt but that the use OF this
oleaginous diet serves, in part enable them to en-
dure the excessive cold to which they are exposed
their skins beng constantly bedewed with an OILY exu
dation. Many African tribes subsist on dead lions
and the flesh of the hippopotamus Dogs are eaten
in the South Sea Islands, horses ia Tartary and cats
in many places. Even cannbalisn revolving as il is
to us is common to many tribes, who do not appear
in other respects to exhibit any frociiy of disposition
Naastlas tae Mosrs-rr
The kamschadales obtain a miserable substitute
for food, from fish oil ond sawdust made ND in cakes
Even among nations where variety of food exists
poverty compes large numbers to restrict themselves
to the coarsest kind. The laboring population among
the Hsndoos live exclusively rice while the 7 fisk
OF the same class necesstated 10 content them
sevssHith the potatoe. Through all these varieties
thee 9tinate ends, the sufficient nourishment Of the
preparation for the duties of fe are still at
taIne Hven the civilized man has moi SO much the
advantage of the sewage in the mere physical pleasure
derived from the of appetite as in the
Intellectual enjoyment arising frem the cultivation of
more refined taste. In Civilized society," cookery be-
comes an art; and AMONG the Iaxnrous the due dis
elimination OF havors assumes the rank of a profound
and difficult science. The judgment is exercised while
the appetite is ndulged; and the man who understands
what he eats, proves, in ealing that he is not
merely "nafus consumers fruges.' = r. s.-a'Hs .,
III. r I'M