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"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." 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
lways 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. "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." "Things are best as they are, then, Mr. Clawbonny." "No doubt of it; and yet an Esquimaux meal may well astonish us. In Sir John Ross's narrative, he states his surprise at the appetites of his guides. He tells us that two of them--just two mind--devoured a quarter of a buffalo in one morning. They cut the meat in long narrow strips, and the mode of eating was either for the one to bite off as much as his mouth could hold, and then pass it on to the other, or to leave the long ribbons of meat dangling from the mouth and devour them gradually like boa-constrictors, lying at full length on the ground." [Illustration: ] "Faugh!" exclaimed Bell, "what disgusting brutes!  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 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 THINGS ARE BEST AS THEY ARE THEN MISTER CLAWBONNY NO DOUBT OF IT AND YET AN ESQUIMAUX MEAL MAY WELL ASTONISH US IN SIR JOHN ROSS'S NARRATIVE HE STATES HIS SURPRISE AT THE APPETITES OF HIS GUIDES HE TELLS US THAT TWO OF THEM JUST TWO MIND DEVOURED A QUARTER OF A BUFFALO IN ONE MORNING THEY CUT THE MEAT IN LONG NARROW STRIPS AND THE MODE OF EATING WAS EITHER FOR THE ONE TO BITE OFF AS MUCH AS HIS MOUTH COULD HOLD AND THEN PASS IT ON TO THE OTHER OR TO LEAVE THE LONG RIBBONS OF MEAT DANGLING FROM THE MOUTH AND DEVOUR THEM GRADUALLY LIKE BOA CONSTRICTORS LYING AT FULL LENGTH ON THE GROUND WHA EXCLAIMED BELL WHAT DISGUSTING BRUTES
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