Show chinese Canul cannibals baLs the chinese are cannibals chinas cainas so called civilization of thousands of years has not succeeded in doing away with cannibalism among its own people when chinese have been en ea caged in warfare with tribes on the mainland we hear of this eating of hu man flesh but not until I 1 reached formosa did I 1 have proof of its truth after killing a savage on the island the head bead is severed from the body and is placed on a pole to exhibit to those unfortunates who are not at hand to witness this heartless display of slaughter and mutilation the body is then divided among the captors and eaten the kidney liver heart and sole of the foot are am considered the most desirable portions and are usually cut up in very small aman pieces boiled and eaten as a sort of soup the flesh and bones are I 1 boiled and made into a jelly the chinese profess to believe in accordance with an old superstition that the eating of this savage flesh will give them strength and courage to some this superstition may be a partial excuse for this horrible custom but even that falls through if one stops to think that superstitious beliefs are at the bottom of cannibalism as practiced by b y the most savage tribes of the world |