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they ate the bodies of thofe Negroes 

 whom they killed on this occafion : an 

 a&ion, which is confidered by European 

 nations as fo horrid and unnatural, that 

 the very exiftence of Cannibals has 

 been lately denied by feveral modern 

 Compilers of Hiftory, notwithstanding 

 the repeated atteftations of Travellers 

 to the contrary. For perfons, however, 

 v/ho have never quitted their native 

 country, to determine concerning the 

 manners of diftant unknown nations, 

 and, on the ftrength of plaufible ap- 

 pearances, to impeach the veracity of 

 Travellers, and positively deny thofe 

 things which, at moft, they are but 

 permitted to doubt, is a culpable teme- 

 rity, which well deferves reprehenfion. 

 I muft, however, do thefe Indians the 

 juftice to declare, that they never eat 

 any of the human fpecies, except their 

 enemies killed in battle, to which they 

 think they have as good a right as thofe 



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