384 GIBBS, AGCAOILI, AND SHILLING. 
they thought it eatable; and then they would gnaw it, and tear it in 
pieces with their Teeth, and at last swallow it. The Paunches of the 
Goats would make them an excellent Dish; they drest it in this manner. 
They would turn out all the chopt Grass and Crudities found in the 
Maw into their Pots, and set it over the Fire, and stir it about often: 
This would Smoak and Puff, and heave up as it was Boyling; wind 
breaking’ out of the. Ferment, and making a very savory Stink. While 
this was doing, if they had any Fish, as commonly they had 2 or 3 
small Fish, these they would make very clean (as hating Nastines be- 
like) and cut the Flesh from the Bone, and then mince the Flesh as 
small as possibly they could, and when that in the Pot was well boiled, 
they would take it up, and strewing a little Salt into it, they would eat 
it, mixt with their raw minced Flesh. The Dung in the Maw would 
look like so much boil’d Herbs min’d very small; and they took up their 
Mess with their Fingers, as the Moors do their Pillaw, using no Spoons. 
They had another Dish made of a sort of Locusts, whose bodies were 
about an Inch and an half long, and as thick <s the top of one’s little 
Finger; with large thin Wings, and long and small Legs. At this time 
of the Year these Creatures came in great Swarms to devour their 
Potato-leaves, and other Herbs; and the Natives would go out with small 
Nets, and take a Quart at one sweep. When they had enough, they: 
would carry them home, and parch them over the Fire in an earthen 
Pan; and then their Wings and Legs would fall off, and their Heads 
and Backs would turn red like boil’d Shrimps, being before brownish. 
Their Bodies being full, would eat very moist, their Heads would crakle 
in one’s Teeth. I did once eat of this Dish, and liked it well enough; 
but their other Dish my Stomach would not take. 
In various parts of the Islands locusts, beetles and their 
larvee, bees, crickets, snails, snakes (principally the python), 
lizards (principally the iguana), and other animals are eaten, 
and some of these are highly regarded as delicacies. The list 
of insects which are most commonly eaten, with their native 
names, has been furnished us by W. Schultze, of the Bureau 
of Science. 
The order Coleoptera, or beetles, includes: Oryctes rhinoceros 
Linn., u-ang (Tagalog) ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv., u-ang 
(Tagalog) ; and Batocera numitor Newm., u-ok (Tagalog), the 
larvee only of which are eaten. Of Hydrous picicornis Chevr., 
ubus (Visayan), alukap (Ilocano) ; Lepidiota punctum Blanch., 
sibung (Tagalog) ; Leucopholis irrorata Chevr.; and Leucopholis 
pulverulenta Burm., salagubang (Tagalog), the adults only are 
eaten, either boiled or roasted after the wings and legs have been 
removed. 
The order Orthoptera includes: Locusta danica Linn., Acry- 
dium rubescens Stoll., Acrydium ranunculum Walk., Curtilla 
africana Bea., sosohong (Tagalog), and some other related 
species, the larve and adults of which are eaten, usually fried. 
