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"Not so much as you imagine, my friend. An Indian who guzzles like that can't do a whit better day's work than an Englishman, who has his pound of beef and pint of beer." NOT SO MUCH AS YOU IMAGINE MY FRIEND AN INDIAN WHO GUZZLES LIKE THAT CAN'T DO A WHIT BETTER DAY'S WORK THAN AN ENGLISHMAN WHO HAS HIS POUND OF BEEF AND PINT OF BEER
ay to please yourself, but your voracity would never equal the Green-landers', for they devour from ten to fifteen pounds of meat a day." "Fifteen pounds!" said Bell. "What stomachs!" "Arctic stomachs," replied the Doctor, "are prodigious; they can expand at will, and, I may add, contract at will; so that they can endure starvation quite as well as abundance. When an Esquimaux sits down to dinner he is quite thin, and by the time he has finished, he is so corpulent you would hardly recognize him. But then we must remember that one meal sometimes has to last a whole day." "This voracity must be peculiar to the inhabitants of cold countries," said Altamont. "I think it is," replied the Doctor. "In the Arctic regions people must eat enormously: it is not only one of the conditions of strength, but of existence. The Hudson's Bay Company always reckoned on this account 8 lbs. of meat to each man a day, or 12 lbs. of fish, or 2 lbs. of pemmican." "Invigorating regimen, certainly!" said Bell. PLEASE YOU MY GOOD BELL YOU MEAN TO SAY TO PLEASE YOURSELF BUT YOUR VORACITY WOULD NEVER EQUAL THE GREENLANDERS FOR THEY DEVOUR FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN POUNDS OF MEAT A DAY FIFTEEN POUNDS SAID BELL WHAT STOMACHS ARCTIC STOMACHS REPLIED THE DOCTOR ARE PRODIGIOUS THEY CAN EXPAND AT WILL AND I MAY ADD CONTRACT AT WILL SO THAT THEY CAN ENDURE STARVATION QUITE AS WELL AS ABUNDANCE WHEN AN ESQUIMAUX SITS DOWN TO DINNER HE IS QUITE THIN AND BY THE TIME HE HAS FINISHED HE IS SO CORPULENT YOU WOULD HARDLY RECOGNIZE HIM BUT THEN WE MUST REMEMBER THAT ONE MEAL SOMETIMES HAS LAST A WHOLE DAY THIS VORACITY MUST BE PECULIAR TO THE INHABITANTS OF COLD COUNTRIES SAID ALTAMONT I THINK IT IS REPLIED THE DOCTOR IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS PEOPLE MUST EAT ENORMOUSLY IT IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF STRENGTH BUT OF EXISTENCE THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY ALWAYS RECKONED ON THIS ACCOUNT EIGHT POUNDS OF MEAT TO EACH MAN A DAY OR TWELVE POUNDS OF FISH OR TWO POUNDS OF PEMMICAN INVIGORATING REGIMEN CERTAINLY SAID BELL
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