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stew, for the invited guests ; and that, they would 

 do their friend a similar good turn, whenever he 

 should determine to have a party for dinner. 



If this alarming piece of information had been 

 founded in truth, then would the existence of 

 genuine cannibalism have been established beyond 

 all manner of doubt ; — for here, we have a state- 

 ment that the savages butchered their aged parents 

 in cold blood, and then cooked them ; so that, 

 their friends might partake of the savoury cheer;— 

 no mention being made of a battle. In fact, 

 St. Francis was put upon his guard, that the Island 

 of Moro, was peopled by human beings with 

 appetites so depraved, so keen, and so gluttonous, 

 that, the master of the house, considered, he could 

 not consult the refined taste of his company, better 

 than by preparing human soup, human fry, and 

 human steaks, for them at his own dining table. 



Whilst I am on gastronomy, if the indulgent 

 reader will pardon a short digression, I will shew 

 him, what we civilized people can do in the way 

 of ultra-gormandising. It is concerning a dinner, 

 which brings to one's mind those-d&ys of ancient 

 epicurism, when Caligula raised the Eoman kitchen 

 to a pitch of most lamentable notoriety. Here are 

 the component parts of one single dish, costing 

 one hundred guineas to the consumers of it The 



