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repulsive musk-glands of the Alligator, as found in the Madeira 

 river of Brazil, are, according to Keller, mixed with a little rose- 

 water, and serve to perfume the raven-black tresses of the elegant 

 Bolivian ladies at Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba, in 

 spite of, or rather by reason of, their strong scent, which gives 

 the headache to all save these strong-nerved Senoritas.* In 

 Damara Land the women wear necklaces, "the beads of which, 

 Dokkie informed us, were made from the kidneys of the Meerkat, 

 or other small animals, compared with whose odour that of the 

 Polecat is mildness itself." t Mr. Bailey, in the Congo Free 

 State, had to prevent his Kroo boys from stopping his canoes to 

 secure the putrid flesh of a blown-out dead Crocodile, which 

 emitted a most fetid odour. He writes : — " Many times after, 

 when with other tribes in the interior, I remarked their prefer- 

 ence for bad meat to fresh." | The Coreans are described as 

 extremely filthy in their habits, being commonly supposed never 

 to wash their bodies. Amongst their staple food is Kimchi, 

 which " is a dish peculiar to the country, and is made of turnips, 

 chilies, and dried fish, soused in native vinegar. This mixture 

 is kept in jars until it ferments, and is then eaten. It has a 

 most atrocious smell — so atrocious, indeed, that I have never 

 heard of an European being so bold as to taste the stuff."§ 

 According to Guillemard, the natives of the interior of Kams- 

 chatka " prefer their fish in an advanced stage of decomposition. "|| 

 Mr. Stephens, of Ugi, told Mr. Guppy that at Ontong- Java, which 

 lies off the Solomon Group, he had known natives to allow the 

 carcase of a pig to remain buried in the ground until it was 

 rotten, when they dug up their treasure, and enjoyed their feast 

 under cover of the night, as though conscious of the depravity of 

 the act. It was the strong odour which penetrated his dwelling 

 that attracted the attention of Mr. Stephens to their proceedings. IT 

 Besides the well-known fact of the peculiar odour appertaining 

 to the black races as non-appreciated by ourselves, the American 



* ' The Amazon and Madeira Eivers,' pp. 76-7. 

 f Baines, ' Explor. in S.W. Africa,' p. 149. 

 I ' Travel and Adventure in Congo Free State,' p. 58. 

 § H. S. Saunderson, ' Journ. Anthrop. Instit.' vol. xxiv. p. 307. 

 || ' Cruise of the Marchesa,' 2nd edit. p. 69. 

 IT ' The Solomon Islands,' p. 92, 



