Eureka Reporter | 1904-03-04 | Page 2 | Use of Earth as Food

use af earth a food y t consumption of earth as 1 jt said to be common aly new caledonia and new in the malay archipelago aa a fyie testimony of daany travelers in yiu S orient is that the yellow facea are addieg to the practice p java and Sill Batra the clay used yu a preliminary preparation tor consumption being mixed with waler reduced to a paste and the sand and obber hard substances the clay 1 then gaall balte or tablets adut tle atad iland wah the tablet ibm this process it resettles it fae bt dried pork the japanese eat snail figuroa th 11 turned out ati dastre yi