with the Fan Cannibals . 
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amount of comfort, and, so to speak, civilization— 
witness the Nyam-Nyam and Mombattu (Mimbut- 
too). The sick and the dead are uneaten by the 
Fazz, and the people shouted with laughter when I 
asked a certain question. 
The “ unnatural ” practice, which, by the by, has 
at different ages extended over the whole world, 
THE CANNIBAL. 
now continues to be most prevalent in places 
where, as in New Zealand, animal food is wanting; 
and everywhere pork readily takes the place of 
“longpig.” The damp and depressing atmosphere 
of equatorial Africa renders the stimulus of flesh 
diet necessary. The Isangu, or Ingwanba, the 
craving felt after a short abstinence from animal 
