Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-29

gled with Europeans, nad eaten human
flesh, and relished it, CSC. Why, even
now it requires all my resolution when
the craving comes upssD. me to resist
knocking down every nlnmp maiden I
see and proceeding to bake or boil her.
When Fijians want to5b1ild a temple
or boat, or at the launching of canoe,
chiefs have been known to Kill several
men for rollers, SO thas she canoe can
be more readily launched, and the roll
ers were afterward cooked and eaten.
There was one chief who killed man
for the keel and one fos every plank
that was put in, and they were eaten
as food for the carpentess. They used
to have another CUSTOM that of muir
dering men to wash the deck of the
canoe with fresh blood, but the mis-
sionaries have induced Ehe natives to
cease this practice Alta battle once
at Moourna the supply g prisoners was
greater than the warriors could con-
sumo, so they were pilea up between
two cocoanut trees, and it took two
days to cook them. Tae UGlekarMsd,
or trunk, was throwA away, as it
would not keep. In 1851 fifty bodies
were cooked at one tjtne at Mamena.
The head, bands and iAtestines were
thrown away on that OCCASION, but in
times of great scarcity tEereis no waste
when the bodies are being arranged
for the oven they have 4 peculiar beat
ing of the drum. One IF the natives
strikes the water with q pole in man.
ner that is understood ito mean that
they have a bokoIo, or corpse, to eat.
When they get near tq shore they be-
gin their war dance, and the women
on shore respond. When the boat
lands the body is dragged ashore by a
vine attached to the left hand. Then
it is dragged by two mSn, face down.
ward, to the town, willis the rest go in
front brandishing TIER weapons,
throwing their clubs al9ft and singing
their weird and shrilk songs. The
body is dragged to the;schief, who di-
reefs the chief priest to;Dffer it to the
war god. Then the b5:.5y is taken to
the oven and carved. Fhe carving in
strument is a slit bamssso, and the sew
eral members are cut OF joint by joint.
A long, deep cash is made down the
abdomen and all arouDsl the neck to
the bone, and the had is quickly
twisted off. 1t is not often that bodies
are baked whole, but w:aen it is it is
covered with a blacE powder, the
body being placed in a Sitting posture.
When it is boiled the adesh is taken
from the bones"
when / was a boyyALoti, chief,
killed his wife and ate Ger. She went
with him to plant taro sand when the
work was done he sent sher to gath er
wood to make fire and collect leaves
to line the oven with. aha to procure a
bamboo to cut up what Eas to be eaten.
The good wife willingly obeyed. and
when everything was rsady he seized
disembowelled her, cooked and ate her,
calling in friends to assist. The woman
was his equal, and he hid no complaint
TO make against her.
"The heart. the thigis and the arm
above the elbow are considered the
greatest delicacies. Ths head is least
thought of. The shin-kones make ex-
cellent sall-needles, andsif the BODY is
that of an enemy the clAef says: Don't
hit him in the head, fSr want the
skull for drinking-cuA'
. "Human flesh Ia extremely difficult
to digest, so that even the healthiest
men suffer for several Jays after the
feast. Generally vegetables are eaten
with the bokola, or cesh man. as they
aid digestion. They uSs the leaves of
the malawaci and thS tudavo. with
which they wrap up shS flesh. Some
times they eat the gumsvhich has been
hung up and preserved in tumeric.
Then they have a sruitthat resembles
the tomatoes that ssaSn this country.