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"It is an affair of organization out of my power to explain," replied Clawbonny; "but I have no doubt that if these same Norwegians were transplanted to Greenland, they would learn to eat like the Esquimaux by the second or third generation. IT IS AN AFFAIR OF ORGANIZATION OUT OF MY POWER TO EXPLAIN REPLIED CLAWBONNY BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF THESE SAME NORWEGIANS WERE TRANSPLANTED TO GREENLAND THEY WOULD LEARN TO EAT LIKE THE ESKIMOS BY THE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION
s, lying at full length on the ground." [Illustration: ] "Faugh!" exclaimed Bell, "what disgusting brutes!" "Every man has his own fashion of dining," remarked the philosophical American. "Happily," said the Doctor. "Well, if eating is such an imperative necessity in these latitudes, it quite accounts for all the journals of Arctic travellers being so full of eating and drinking." "You are right," returned the Doctor. "I have been struck by the same fact; but I think it arises not only from the necessity of full diet, but from the extreme difficulty sometimes in procuring it. The thought of food is always uppermost in the mind, and naturally finds mention in the narrative." "And yet," said Altamont, "if my memory serves me right, in the coldest parts of Norway the peasants do not seem to need such substantial fare. Milk diet is their staple food, with eggs, and bread made of the bark of the birch-tree; a little salmon occasionally, but never meat; and still they are fine hardy fellows. LING FROM THE MOUTH AND DEVOUR THEM GRADUALLY LIKE BOA CONSTRICTORS LYING AT FULL LENGTH ON THE GROUND WHA EXCLAIMED BELL WHAT DISGUSTING BRUTES EVERY MAN HAS HIS OWN FASHION OF DINING REMARKED THE PHILOSOPHICAL AMERICAN HAPPILY SAID THE DOCTOR WELL IF EATING IS SUCH AN IMPERATIVE NECESSITY IN THESE LATITUDES IT QUITE ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE JOURNALS OF ARCTIC TRAVELLERS BEING SO FULL OF EATING AND DRINKING YOU ARE RIGHT RETURNED THE DOCTOR I HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY THE SAME FACT BUT I THINK IT ARISES NOT ONLY FROM THE NECESSITY OF FULL DIET BUT FROM THE EXTREME DIFFICULTY SOMETIMES IN PROCURING IT THE THOUGHT OF FOOD IS ALWAYS UPPERMOST IN THE MIND AND NATURALLY FINDS MENTION IN THE NARRATIVE AND YET SAID ALTAMONT IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT IN THE COLDEST PARTS OF NORWAY THE PEASANTS DO NOT SEEM TO NEED SUCH SUBSTANTIAL FARE MILK DIET IS THEIR STAPLE FOOD WITH EGGS AND BREAD MADE OF THE BARK OF THE BIRCH TREE A LITTLE SALMON OCCASIONALLY BUT NEVER MEAT AND STILL THEY ARE FINE HARDY FELLOWS
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