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Jerdon is my authority for saying of flying foxes : 

 " The flesh is esteemed good eating by some. Colonel 

 Sykes calls it delicate, and with no bad flavour, and 

 states that it is eaten by the native Portuguese. Many 

 classes in the Madras Presidency also eat it." Arise, 

 then, ye epicures who love to tickle your palates with 

 the savoury flesh of these winged mammals, arise and 

 make hay while the sun shines, for in Madras, near the 

 Club, lives a whole farmyard of fine, well-fed flying 

 foxes, only waiting to be eaten ! 



