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"
Yes
,
Major
,
"
replied
Paganel
.
"
If
you
read
certain
passages
of
Saint
Jerome
,
on
the
Atticoli
of
Scotland
,
you
will
see
what
he
thought
of
your
forefathers
.
And
without
going
so
far
back
as
historic
times
,
under
the
reign
of
Elizabeth
,
when
Shakespeare
was
dreaming
out
his
Shy-lock
,
a
Scotch
bandit
,
Sawney
Bean
,
was
executed
for
the
crime
of
cannibalism
.
Was
it
religion
that
prompted
him
to
cannibalism
?
No
!
it
was
hunger
.
"
"
Hunger
?
"
said
John
Mangles
.
"
Hunger
!
"
repeated
Paganel
;
"
but
,
above
all
,
the
necessity
of
the
carnivorous
appetite
of
replacing
the
bodily
waste
,
by
the
azote
contained
in
animal
tissues
.
The
lungs
are
satisfied
with
a
provision
of
vegetable
and
farinaceous
food
.
But
to
be
strong
and
active
the
body
must
be
supplied
with
those
plastic
elements
that
renew
the
muscles
.
Until
the
Maories
become
members
of
the
Vegetarian
Association
they
will
eat
meat
,
and
human
flesh
as
meat
.
"
"
Why
not
animal
flesh
?
"
asked
Glenarvan
.
"
Because
they
have
no
animals
,
"
replied
Paganel
;
"
and
that
ought
to
be
taken
into
account
,
not
to
extenuate
,
but
to
explain
,
their
cannibal
habits
.
Quadrupeds
,
and
even
birds
,
are
rare
on
these
inhospitable
shores
,
so
that
the
Maories
have
always
eaten
human
flesh
.
There
are
even
'
man-eating
seasons
,
'
as
there
are
in
civilized
countries
hunting
seasons
.
Then
begin
the
great
wars
,
and
whole
tribes
are
served
up
on
the
tables
of
the
conquerors
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
"
said
Glenarvan
,
"
according
to
your
mode
of
reasoning
,
Paganel
,
cannibalism
will
not
cease
in
New
Zealand
until
her
pastures
teem
with
sheep
and
oxen
.
"
"
Evidently
,
my
dear
Lord
;
and
even
then
it
will
take
years
to
wean
them
from
Maori
flesh
,
which
they
prefer
to
all
others
;
for
the
children
will
still
have
a
relish
for
what
their
fathers
so
highly
appreciated
.
According
to
them
it
tastes
like
pork
,
with
even
more
flavor
.
As
to
white
men
's
flesh
,
they
do
not
like
it
so
well
,
because
the
whites
eat
salt
with
their
food
,
which
gives
a
peculiar
flavor
,
not
to
the
taste
of
connoisseurs
.
"
"
They
are
dainty
,
"
said
the
Major
.
"
But
,
black
or
white
,
do
they
eat
it
raw
,
or
cook
it
?
"
"
Why
,
what
is
that
to
you
,
Mr.
McNabbs
?
"
cried
Robert
.
