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THE WORLD* s WONDERS. 



to satisfy. 



He had hardly entered the village when he met a 



woman who was 

 carryingthe thigh 

 of a human body, 

 just as if she 

 were returning 

 from market with 

 a roast. Reach- 

 ing the palaver 

 house (council 

 chamber), he was 

 yet further con- 

 vinced of the 

 horrible custom 

 of these people, 

 by seeing a large 

 party boisterous- 

 ly disputing over 

 the division of a 

 dead body which 

 lay freshly killed 

 before them. The 

 head had already 

 been severed and 

 sent to the king, 

 who is entitled to 

 that portion, as it 

 is regarded as 

 being the most 

 delicious dish 

 that can possibly 

 be prepared. On 

 every side were 

 human bones that 

 had been gnawed 

 THE CANNIBAL UNO. bare of flesh 





