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your private quarrels ; nor, so long as I have 

 the pleasure of staying amongst you, shall I 

 feel any longing for a repast on the dead bodies 

 of your sworn enemies, slain in battle. People, 

 in the country from which I have come, and in 

 which I was born, cannot bring their minds to 

 feed on human flesh : — neither can I. When 

 we kill our adversaries, which we sometimes do ? 

 to the tune of ten thousand a day, we are not in 

 the habit of roasting their bodies, and then eating 

 them, or any part of their remains. But this, 

 ladies and gentlemen, is merely a matter of taste : 

 or perhaps, in your keen eyes, it may be termed 

 a want of taste. If you will kindly furnish me 

 with a few sweet potatoes, or any other thing in 

 the way of vegetables, I will, by no means, take 

 offence at your making a meal on the slaughtered 

 remains of your foes ; and upon which sort of 

 food, we people from Europe are informed, that 

 you dine occasionally with a considerable degree 

 of relish." 



Negroes from Africa are fond of dog for dinner ; 

 but, I question whether or not, they ever regale 

 themselves on the flesh of man. At least, I 

 have never as yet been able to discover that negroes 

 are prone to this last kind of nutriment. 



I was often in Guiana, when the slave trade was 



