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Even if we ourselves were to remain in this blessed country long, we should be as bad as the Esquimaux, even if we escaped becoming regular gluttons." "I declare, Mr. Clawbonny, you make me feel hungry with talking so much about eating," exclaimed Bell. "Not I!" said Altamont. "It rather sickens me, and makes me loathe the sight of a seal. EVEN IF WE OURSELVES WERE TO REMAIN IN THIS BLESSED COUNTRY LONG WE SHOULD BE AS BAD AS THE ESQUIMAUX EVEN IF WE ESCAPED BECOMING REGULAR GLUTTONS I DECLARE MISTER CLAWBONNY YOU MAKE ME FEEL HUNGRY WITH TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT EATING EXCLAIMED BELL NOT I SAID ALTAMONT IT RATHER SICKENS ME AND MAKES ME LOATHE THE SIGHT OF A SEAL
 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." "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.  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 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
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