DOGS FED FOR THE TABLE. 347 
directs them to select a portion for his own table 
—distributes some among the chiefs in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, in which the chief who has provided the 
feast is frequently included—and divides the rest 
among his own followers, who sometimes amount 
to two or three hundred. 
Numbers of dogs, of rather a small size, and 
something like a terrier, are raised every year as 
an article of food. They are mostly fed on vege¬ 
tables ; and we have sometimes seen them kept in 
yards, with small houses to sleep in, A part of 
the rent of every tenant who occupies land, is 
paid in dogs for his landlord’s table. Though 
often invited by the natives to join them in par¬ 
taking of the baked dog, we were never induced 
to taste of one. The natives, however, say it is 
sweeter than the flesh of the pig, and much more 
palatable than that of goats or kids, which some 
refuse to touch, and few care to eat. 
These feasts are much less frequent than for¬ 
merly, particularly among those chiefs who have 
opportunities for frequent intercourse with foreign¬ 
ers, several of whom now spread their table in the 
European manner, and invite their friends to dine, 
or entertain their guests at home, and treat them 
as members of their family while they remain 
under their roof, 
