allowed by some of the near relatives. All those who have eaten of
the cadaver have a black ring of charcoal powder and fat drawn around
the mouth. The order in which the mourners partake of their dead
relatives is duly prescribed. The mother eats of her children and the
children of their mother. A man eats of his sister's husband and of his
brother's wife. Mothers' brothers, mothers' sisters, sisters' children,
mothers' parents, and daughters' children are also eaten by those to
whom the deceased person stands in such relation. But the father does
not eat of his children, nor the children of their sire.

"The New Zealanders, up to very recent times, were probably the most
anthropophagous race that ever existed. As many as 1000 prisoners have
been slaughtered by them at one time after a successful battle, the
bodies being baked in ovens underground. If the individual consumed
had been a redoubtable enemy they dried his head as a trophy and made
flutes of his thigh bones.

"Among the Monbuttos of Africa human fat is commonly employed for a
variety of purposes. The explorer Schweinfurth speaks of writing out in
the evenings his memoranda respecting these people by the light of a
little oil-lamp contrived by himself, which was supplied with some
questionable-looking grease furnished by the natives. The smell of this
grease, he says, could not fail to arouse one's worst suspicions
against the negroes. According to his account the Monbuttos are the
most confirmed cannibals in Africa. Surrounded as they are by a number
of peoples who are blacker than themselves, and who, being inferior to
them in culture, are held in contempt, they carry on expeditions of war
and plunder which result in the acquisition of a booty especially
coveted by them--namely, human flesh. The bodies of all foes who fall
in battle are distributed on the field among the victors, and are
prepared by drying for transportation. The savages drive their
prisoners before them, and these are reserved for killing at a later
time. During Schweinfurth's residence at the Court of Munza it was
generally understood that nearly every day a little child was
sacrificed to supply a meal for the ogre potentate. For centuries past
the slave trade in the Congo Basin has been conducted largely for the
purpose of furnishing human flesh to consumers. Slaves are sold and
bought in great numbers for market, and are fattened for slaughter.

"The Mundurucus of the Upper Amazon,