98 EGGS AS FOOD: 
A missionary to one of the islands of the 
Pacific, when urged to partake of native dainties, 
rather than refuse all such hospitality, always 
ventured to eat a boiled egg, since that could 
not fail to be clean inside. Other travelers have 
sought the same refuge. 
Some savage tribes think eggs unfit for food, 
and never dreamed of eating them until they 
saw the missionaries do so. In the Pacific, 
many islanders save eggs to sell to the ships, 
but never use them themselves. 
Mr. Drummond, in his Tropical Afriea, says : 
“Egos are never eaten by the natives, but are 
always set.” 
Dr. M. L. Holbrook writes: “I have only 
just received a letter from a Hindoo who states 
that he does not remember to have ever eaten an 
egg.” 
Pundita Ramabai, having been reared in a 
faith which does not allow the taking of life to 
supply food — or the destruction of the germ of 
the egg —though she has accepted Christian 
