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"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. 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
oil. After all, cooking has a good deal to do with it, and I'll bet you something I could dress you cutlets you would not turn up your nose at, unless for their black appearance." "We'll set you to work on it," said Bell, "and I'll eat as much as you like to please you." "My good Bell, you mean to say 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. US TO THEM AS A PIECE OF FLESH DIPPED IN THE BLOOD AND OIL AFTER ALL COOKING HAS A GOOD DEAL TO DO WITH IT AND I'LL BET YOU SOMETHING I COULD DRESS YOU CUTLETS YOU WOULD NOT TURN UP YOUR NOSE AT UNLESS FOR THEIR BLACK APPEARANCE WE'LL SET YOU TO WORK ON IT SAID BELL AND I'LL EAT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE TO 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
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