VUl CONTENTS. 



OHAPTEE II. 



A Pew Words on Cannibalism. 



PAGE 



Flesh of Whites not esteemed — Statements of Old Chro- 

 niclers on the Practice of Cannibalism in Europe,!-'-' 

 Asia, and America — Assertions of Modern Travellers 

 — Evidences of Shipwrecked Sailors and Others — 

 Cannibalism Common in the Pacific Islands and 

 Australia, especially in the Fiji Islands — Evidence 

 of many Writers — Practised also in Islands of the 

 Eastern Archipelago, Celebes, Sumatra, Malacca — 

 Many African Tribes Anthropophagi — Statements of 

 Sir S. Baker, Bruce, Captain Cameron, P. du Chaillu, 

 Thompson, and Layland 40 



CHAPTER III. 



Flesh Food from Mammals. 



Flesh of Monkeys Eaten in Africa, the West Indies, South 

 America, Ceylon, and Borneo— The Lemurs in Mada- 

 gascar — Bats Eaten in the East and in Australia — 

 Insectivora — The Hedgehog — Carnivorous Planti- 

 grades — Bears — Skunk — Badger — Sea Otter — Civet 

 Cat — Dogs' Flesh Eaten by North American Indians, 

 Chinese, Africans, and other People — Foxes and 

 Wolves Eaten — Lion's Flesh — Jaguar — Hysna — 

 Lynx — Carnivorous Marsupials — Opossums — Bandi- 

 coots — Kangaroos — Wombats — Phalangers — Mar- 

 mots — Squirrels — Rats — Rat Pie — Dormouse— Hares 

 and Rabbits — Prodigious Increase of Rabbits in 

 Australasia — Flesh of the Beaver — Porcupines — 

 Agouti — Sloth— Anteater — Armadilloes ... 54 



CHAPTER IV. 



Flesh Food from lAkHMAJs.— Continued. 



Pachyderms — Elephants — Hippopotami — Rhinoceros — 

 Tapir — Peocury — Swine — Immense Numbers in 

 North America — Our Large Imports of Bacon, Hams, 

 etc., from the United States — WUd Boars — Statistics 

 of Swine in Various Countries — Consumption of 

 Pork in France — Horseflesh Eaten in China, Europe, 



