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12, [words crossed out] It is astonishing what a
quantity of meat they will eat at once
I do not exaggerate when I say from
6 to 8 pounds they will eat at once
I will illustrate this by a particular
instance. A young cow of an established
pack one day [word crossed out] met with some accident
from which [words crossed out] was not likely to recover.
The Blacks came & asked me whether
they might kill & eat her. I gave them permission
so to do. There were in all old & young
women & children not more than about
80 present, who were to partake of the feast.
The next morning some of the women came
to me complaining that the cow was all
eaten & they got nothing. Allowing the cow
weighed at least [indecipherable]
4 to 500 there ought to [indecipherable]
from about 8 [indecipherable]
But whilst they eat an enormous quantity
at once they can [word crossed out] fast for several
days, scarcely tasting anything worth
naming. If they want to prepare
warm water they fill one of their