Show cull s among tile the savages capt lista tile the latest explorer of terra term del fedgo lias in the scle science dec been applying the biscuit test to some of the natives there it is known that few savages ravages unless they have long 0 been acquainted quain ted with the whites ca can n eat the biscuit of civilization without unpleasant qualms when darwin was in terra del fuego the natives lie he met ate his biscuits with avidity but white men were not strangers 0 to them and three or four of them had even been in europe capt lista and his biscuits were novelties where lie happened to land the captain was at kirbt a target for arrows but the I 1 natives finally voted him a good fellow and accepted his biscuits 1 they could not digest them however arid and as the considerate creatures disliked 0 to o hurt the white mans feelings they threw the biscuit into the grass when they thought lie he was not looking if dr kanes eskimos had relished salt pork as little as they liked hard bread they would have let his caches alone and established a fine reputation for honesty when dr chalmers a whilo hilo ago gave some biscuits to new guinea natives lie wis informed that they were not good to eat cat but would be carefully treasured as keepsakes keep sakes they could eat almont anything but they drew the line at biscuits new york sun |