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mark of grandeur. The greater the man would feem to 
be, the larger piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more 
noife he makes in chewing it, the more polite he is thought 
to be. They have, indeed, a proverb that fays, “ Beggars 
“ and thieves only eat {mall pieces, or without making a 
“ noife.’” Having difpatched this morfel, which he does 
very expeditioufly, his next female neighbour holds forth 
another cartridge, which goes the fame way, and fo on till 
he is fatisfied. He never drinks till he has finifhed eating ; 
and, before he begins, in gratitude to the fair ones that fed 
him, he makes up two fmall rolls of the fame kind and 
form; each of his neighbours open their mouths at the 
fame time, while with each hand he puts their portion into 
their mouths. He then falls to drinking out of a large 
handfome horn; the ladies eat till they are fatisfied, and 
then all drink together, “ Vive la Joye et Ja Jeunefle ” 
A great deal of mirth and joke goes round, very feldom with 
any mixture of acrimony or ill-humour. 
Ay this time, the unfortunate victim at the door is 
bleeding indeed, but bleeding little. As long as they can 
cut off the flefh from his bones, they do not meddle with 
the thighs, or the parts where the great arteries are. At laft 
they fall upon the thighs likewife ; and foon after the ani- 
mal, bleeding to death, becomes fo tough that the canibals, 
who have the reft of it to eat, find very hard work to fepa- 
rate the flefh from the bones with their teeth like dogs. 
In the mean time, thofe within are very much elevated ; 
love lights all its fires, and every thing is permitted with 
abfolute freedom. There is no coynefs, no delays, no need 
of appointments or retirement’ to gratify their withes ; 
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