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Show ' EATEN UY 0ANNIDAL9. BortlUa fllorr of aattilrr rrora oth Heat- Ilushmen from Cape Oxford, accord-ng accord-ng to a letter recelted by the Mlowtra !rom Sydney, were killed and eaten by itnnlbala on the coast of New Ilrltaln. The Herman gorernment I taking Itep to punish the cannibals. Tha natlres who were made rlctlma, lad been trading, and when they got 10 the landing the canoee they were In ntro (lredat and at once sunk. Many it ere killed and their bodies carried ishore. Hut tb most horrifying pail was when several meu were captured tllre and dragged to the actual scene f the feast their bodle were to pro-ride. pro-ride. They were clubbed aud after-arard after-arard roasted or baked and eaten. This trlU- of native ghouls Is one of the most notorious In the Islands for nan-eating. They are not head-suntera, head-suntera, In the Solomon Islands sense )f the term, "but bloodthirsty Kanakaa, who kill for food solely. Therlctlms were not all killed at tnce, aoino of them witnessed the killing kill-ing of their comrade and the first part if the cannibal feast. |