Illustrations of eating; displaying the omnivorous character of man; and exhibiting the natives of various countries at feeding time / By a beef-eater.

  • Vasey, George.
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Illustrations of eating; displaying the omnivorous character of man; and exhibiting the natives of various countries at feeding time / By a beef-eater. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Cuap. I.—Interest and importance of the subject—Three grand methods of procuring food, the simple, the adven- turous, and the ingenious—Paley’s Pigeons . : 7 Cuap. I].—Brief account of the process of digestion . 13 Cuap. I1].—Grand constitutional distinction between Man and Brute—Comparative view of some structural differences in the Tiger, in the Sheep, and in Man—The crude re- gimen considered—The question, ‘“‘ Have we a reasonable claim to destroy animal life °”’ considered—Philosophical inference . : F ‘ : ; ; % 17 Cuap. [V.—Description of the food of the Greenlanders— Their extraordinary politeness—The food of the Lap- landers, and their singular burial customs , . 26 Cuapr. V.—The immense quantity of animal food required by the inhabitants of high latitudes—The reason for this—Re- ligious fastings modified to suit different climates—Dis- pensation in favour of several kinds of water-birds al Cuap. VI.—The food of the Calmuk Tartars—Extreme hos- pitality of the Cochin-Chinese—Description of a Chinese entertainment in high life—Food of the lower orders— Indiscriminate feeding of the natives of Siam, Pegu, and Aracan—Healthy regimen of the Ladrone Islanders 34