The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-03

but truth compels US to say that the entrails
of animals are consumed BY the aborigines
Of Australia, and the Hottentots consider
them the most exquisite eating. DIR. Diving
stone writes: at is curious that this is the
part that wild animals always begin with,
and that it is also the first choice of our men,"
The Scoch people to this day have relic of
this custom of unasthetic eating in the
'haggis." The Zulus are said to be
so FOND OF CARBON,
or decomposed flesh, with worms in it, that
they use their word (ubomi) representing it
as synonym for their highest notion of
happiness. Birds of nearly all kinds, from
the canary to the albatross, are eaten in diff
ferent countries, though we have heard of
no people eating the scavenger turkey buzz
yards of the South, and only one man who
would eat crow. He was a clearinghouse
keeper in Lowell, and was indignant that
his boarders complained of the toughness of
the ancient chickens he served up TO them.
He couldn't see why they should grumble.
For his part, he could eat crow. A boarder
bet him dollar that he could not eat crow,
and procured one and had it roasted to test
the matter. In roasting however, a plen-
tiful sprinkliAg of snuff was put upon
the bird, and when it was placed upon
the table it was finely Drowned. The
boarders gathered around to see the landlord
eat crow. He sliced piece of the breast and
began to masticate it. Tears came into his
eyes and his face became red, but he was
bound to show them he could eat crow. and
he swallowed the first mouthful with an
effort. He tried another, but it was too much
for him, and he rushed to the door. Return
ing in a few minutes, he said, while wiping
the tears from his eyes: "Boys, / kin eat
crow. but I'll be darned if banker arter It'll"
Not only are birds eaten, but birds nests, of
a gelatinous nature, made by a species Of
swallow, and found in the caverns on the sea-
shore of the Eastern archipelago, are much
priced food in China. Lizards are eaten by
the Chinese, the Bushmen of Africa and ma
tives of Australia. The iguana inhabits
South America and the West Indies, where
it is eaten. The crested basilisk, which is
upward of three feet in length, is eaten by the
inhabitants of Amboyna and the islands of
the Indian archipelago. Its flesh is said to
be as white and delicate as that of chicken.
Snakes are eaten by the Chinese the natives
of Australia and by those of many other
countries. The crocodile is eaten and relished
by the natives of parts of Africa and Aus
| tralia. The American representative, the
alligator, on the other hand is fond of pick
aninnies and fat negroes. Frogs are a
favorite dish not not only in France
and other parts of Europe, but are rare
dish in America. Did you ever try a plate
of frogs legs, Mr.. Esthet2 The toad is eaten
in Africa. Stewed toads and snakes livers
are said to be favorite dish with African
princes, who have an idea that they give
courage in war and resignation in defeat.
Spiders are eaten by African Bushmen and
the people of New Caledonia, and
SEVERAL SPECIES OF BEETLES
are eaten by women of different nations in
the belief that they will cause them to grow
fat and become prolific in collaborating.
| Grass-hoppers are eaten by the Bushmen
and some of our American Indians, while
locusts are eatenby the Persians, Egyptians,
and Arabians, the BusLmen and
America Indians. They are eaten
both fresh and sailed, and have a
strongly vegetable taste, the flavor
varying with the plants on which TINY feed.
The Arabs make bread of them. They dry
them and grind them to powder, then mix
| this powder with water, forming them
into round cakes, and bake them.
White ants are eaten by the natives
Of Australia, and bees by various people the
| Moors in West Barbary esteeming the hon.
eycomb with young bees in it as delicious.
Moths of several varieties are eaten by the
natives of Australia, as well as grubs of all
kinds, ana the Larvae of ants by the Bush
men. The cicada, an insect of the homopt-
| erous group, was eaten by the Greeks, and
Pinto mentions people who used flies as an
article of food. Caterpillars were eaten by
the ancient Romans, and are in high esti-
nation among the natives of South Africa;
while the chyrsalis of the silkworm are
eaten by the Chinese as are also slugs The
vineyard snail is aticle of use in Europe
and is fattened with great care in the canton
of Switzerland. Common garden snails are
/ eaten in the Latin countries of Europe dur
| ing Lent. There are many other curious
things eaten by the various people, Mr..
| Esthet, but we will save your disgust, and
| only speak, in conclusion, OF the habit of
earth or clay eating. Humboldt, on his re.
turn from the Rio Negro, saw tribe of
Ottomacs who lived principally during the
rainy season upon fat, unctuous clay
which they found in their district. This
appears TO have consisted of a red,
earthly matter (hydrous sillicate of
alumina) called bole. 1t is also eaten by
the Japanese, after being made into thin
cakes called tanaampo, which are exposed for
| sale and bought by women to give them
slenderness of form. A kind of earth known
as bread-meal, which consists, fer the most
part, of the empty shells of minute infusorial
animalcules, is still largely eaten in Northern
| Europe, and a similar substance, called
MoUNTAIN-MEAL,
has been used in North Germany in times of
famine as a means of staying hunger. The
| Wanyamwezi, atribe livingin Central Africa,
eat clay in the intervals between meals, and
prefer the clay OF ant-hills. The colored in
habitants of Sierra Leone also devour the
red earth Of which the ant-hills are COM
posed. 1t has been found that much of the
clay eaten by many of the inhabitants of the
torrid-zone is mere dirt, and has no aliment-
airy value. One of the earliest notices of clay
eating is given by Sir Samuel Argoll, with
respect to Virginia, in 1913. sin this jour
ME- he says, Il likewise found myne, of
which have sent trial. into England, and,
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