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Cannibals

           "IfyoureadcertainpassagesofSaintJerome,ontheAtticoliofScotland,youwillseewhathethoughtofyourforefathers.Andwithoutgoingsofarbackashistorictimes,underthereignofElizabeth,whenShakespearewasdreamingouthisShy-lock,aScotchbandit,SawneyBean,wasexecutedforthecrimeofcannibalism.Wasitreligionthatpromptedhimtocannibalism?No!itwashunger."

           "Hunger?"saidJohnMangles.

           "Hunger!"repeatedPaganel;"but,aboveall,thenecessityofthecarnivorousappetiteofreplacingthebodilywaste,bytheazotecontainedinanimaltissues.Thelungsaresatisfiedwithaprovisionofvegetableandfarinaceousfood.Buttobestrongandactivethebodymustbesuppliedwiththoseplasticelementsthatrenewthemuscles.UntiltheMaoriesbecomemembersoftheVegetarianAssociationtheywilleatmeat,andhumanfleshasmeat."

           "Whynotanimalflesh?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Becausetheyhavenoanimals,"repliedPaganel;"andthatoughttobetakenintoaccount,nottoextenuate,buttoexplain,theircannibalhabits.Quadrupeds,andevenbirds,arerareontheseinhospitableshores,sothattheMaorieshavealwayseatenhumanflesh.Thereareeven‘man-eatingseasons,’asthereareincivilizedcountrieshuntingseasons.Thenbeginthegreatwars,andwholetribesareserveduponthetablesoftheconquerors."

           "Well,then,"saidGlenarvan,"accordingtoyourmodeofreasoning,Paganel,cannibalismwillnotceaseinNewZealanduntilherpasturesteemwithsheepandoxen."

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