. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. linary knowledge. Sometimes thehusband never addresses his mother-in-lawfor years, except with her back turned tohim, or with a fence intervening betweenthem. The reader may remember that asimilar custom is followed by the Kaffirtribes of Southern Africa. See page 88. The cookery of the Araucanians is at firstanything but


. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. linary knowledge. Sometimes thehusband never addresses his mother-in-lawfor years, except with her back turned tohim, or with a fence intervening betweenthem. The reader may remember that asimilar custom is followed by the Kaffirtribes of Southern Africa. See page 88. The cookery of the Araucanians is at firstanything but agreeable to European taste. Mutton is largely consumed in the coun-try, and is killed, dressed, and cooked in aspeedy and simple manner. The sheepbeing hung by its hind legs to a tree, itsthroat is cut, and the blood is received intoa bowl and mixed with salt, in which stateit is thought to be a very great sheep is then opened, and the whole ofthe interior removed to be cleaned andcooked, this being held as the best part ofthe animal. The skin is then removed, thebody is split along the spine from head totail, and each half is transfixed with a stick,and set over the fire. The greatest delicacy, however, that canbe placed before a guest is called (1.) ARAUCANIAN MARRIAGE. (See page 1200.)


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