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Show Ute of Garth at Food. Contumptton of earth at food It ssld to be common not only In China, New Caledonia and New Guinea, but In the Malay archipelago as well. The testimony of roony travolers In the Orient Is that the yellow races are especially addicted to the practice. In Java and Sumatra the clay used undergoes un-dergoes a preliminary preparation for consumption, bojng mixed with water, reduced to a paste, and the land and othtr hard substances removed. Tbe city Is then formed Into small cakes or tablets about as thick as a lead pencil and baked la an Iron saucepan. When the tablet emerges from this process It resemblea a piece ot dried pork. The Japanese frequently eat small figures roughly modeled from clay, which resemble the animals turntd out In pastry shops. |