Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-25
How Tastes Differ.

keamir relates on the authority Of Dr.
de 10 HRS that young French lady
could never resist Tao temptation Of eat
ing spider wheneser she met with one
in her walks. They arc said to taste
like nuts, at least this was the opinion
OF the celebrated Maria 6churmsn who
not only eat them, bat Justified her
taste, by saying that she was born under
scorria Latrillq iAfogpis us that the
astronomer, LaiaPRst was equally fond
OF this offensive morsel. Man is truly an
omniycrous animal, for there is nothing
which is disgusting to one hEtion thatis
not choice food Of another Flesh, fish,
fowls, insects, even the gigantic cent?.
pedes Of Brazil, maby Of thern foot and
a half in length and half an inch broad
were seen by Hunfboldt to be dragged
out of their holes and tcruDohed alive by
the children.
serpents Of all sdrta have been con-
sumed as food, and ne host Of the eele-
brated in at Ierracfhi Frequently aec0sts
his guest as politely r. qarsting 10 know
If they prefer the eel OF the hedge or the
eel Of the ditch To evince thia A.
tachment to their fayorite pursuit, most
naturalists seem 10 consider 4 indis.
pensable to taste, andrecommend some
inseet or other Darwin assures US that
the catterpiIler of the hawmoth is de-
hcious; Kirby and Spencer think the
ant good eating, and push THAR eutomo-
logical zeal so FAT isssto Distinguish be.
tween them the flavor Of the abdomen
and the thorax and Reamir recommends
the caterpillar Of the plastic gramma aa
delicious dish.
How much we eat and upon how
much We might lFe, are eHrious matters
OF speculation, aud in an article on the
subject in an English Review, We find
the following Suggestive faetss SIS
The accounts which travellers give Of
the quantity of food which can be con.
sumed are extraordinary. sir John
Ross estimates that an Esquimaux will
eat perhaps twenty pounds Of flesh and
oil daily. Compare this with Valentines
six pounds, or with Canaro's twelve
ounces, of solids, and fourteen ounces
of wine. Captain Parry tried, as a
matter OF curiosity, how much an Es
quimaux lad, who was scarcely full
grown, would CONSUME IL left TO him
self, weighed theylollawmg articles be-
fore being given the was etweniy hours
getting through them, aud certainly did
not consider the quantity exlraordm.
ary): Seahorse-i lesba hard iroze, four
pounds four ounces; do. do. boiled, four
pounds four OUNCES dread and bread
dust, one pound twelve opnees, To
this must be added one and q quarter
pounds of rich gHaygs seupathree wine.
glasses OF raw spirits, one tumblerfull of
strong grog, and anesgailon ofwateFar
Captain Cochrane, in his Journey
through Russia and Siberian Tartary,n
relates that the Admiral Saritchelf was
Informed that oueTefthe Yakatis ate, in
twenty-tour hours, the hind quarters OF
large OK, twenty pounds of fat, and a
propostionate quantity of melted butter
for bis drink
To test the truth ofthe statement, the
Admiral gave him thick porridge Of
rice, boiled down with ahrse pounds of
butter, weighing together twenty.eight
pounds, and although the alutton hsd
already breakfastea.che sat down 20 il
with great eageruess ard consumed the
whole without stirling from the spot
Capt Coehrane also states that he has
seen three Yakutis devour reindeer AT
a meal, aud calf weighing about two
hundred pounds is not too much for five
OF these gluttons
Some caterpillaFs eat double their
weight in food; d COW eats forty.six
pounds daily, aud mouse eats eight
times as much, IN proportion to its own
weight, as Is eaten 10y man, But when
such facts are cited. we must bear in
mind the enormous differences in the ma
tnre OF the food thus weighed, their rela.
tive amounts of wsters ard the indiresti.
Die material The isSme bcsulion is re-
qolslte IN spanking Of . mans diet.