Show among th maision pa ision for eating fay prof johbson common life is to be reckoned that which sofe tribes of people exhibit for eating earth or clay for instance io petern africa the degrom of gurnea haye been long knon to pat yel lowith oarth there called the flavor or tate of is very to them and which is said io baue them no inconvenience some addict ly to the beof it that it tp them a kind of eUy to their alve aa does to the syrian po ftp or to and no punishment i to restrain them from tho practice of it when the guinea negroes aed in fei feiar nr to be curried M to the wat india alandi they were observed to con the custode of but the of the american islands or the e poor leyora in thir new homes to for the african earth WAA found to injure the health who ate it the practice WM therefore lonc ago forbidden and baa DOIT probably died out in abe Vy etIn bifi in martinique A of red earth or yellowish wang lill ec in the market in 1751 but ha probably cesard binl ha JP I pattern aft a practice of chiting drewla m bariou placeit anthe band of tva bei iwen and BW mall red deih eake of old in the vil ay iy for ur garpow ef being ahw these we re found by ehrenbert to consist for the most part of the re mains of microscopic animals and plants which had lived and been deposited in freh water in eat valley in the him alaya a red clay occurs which the natives chew as a cure for the gaitre goitre the chemical nature of the has not been examined in northern europe especially in the remote parts of sweden a kind of earth known by the name of bread meal is consumed in hundreds of cartloads cart loads it is said every year in finland a similar earth ii comi raided with the bread in both those cabes the earth employed consists or the most part aff the empty shells of minute animalcule i in which there cannot exist any ordinary nourishment in north germany also on various occasions where famine or necessity urged it similar substance under the name of mountain meal baa been bied M a cleans of staying bancer in south america likewise the eating of clay prevails among the natives anding inding on the banks of the orinoco and on the mountains of boliva nj peru state that the by the atomic Indi aai on the orinoco i an unction bruot clay true bottera pot tera earth having a yellow gray color in consequence ot the presence pr of oxide of iron this they felece with great care and hey are even alie to the flagor of one kind of earth from that ef another at the periodical frell ing of the river which ait from two to tareo and when all dithing is stopped they debour quantities of earth an indian will eat from one quarter oad pound toon pound and a quarter food daily A similar in the hill county of bolivia and peru dr weddell aw a specie of gray colored clay exposed for sale in the marlcek marlc et of la pax on th eaten cordillera Cordi llero and tilled by the name of ath the indians Indi ins who arc the only of it eat it in large quantity quan titi M with the bitter potato of the country they allow it to beep for a certain time in BOM form A kind of aup or cruel and get wa it with suit at th capital of the state imell pot made of an earth called chaco are for ale chwe rc eaten like chocolate tb eating of certain Tari etie of earth or clay may therefore be regarded 04 a very ex among native in habitants of tropical regions of the glob it eram in come unknown way to toy or ally hunger tt illing probably the pain or cranny to which want of food gives two it enables the body to be sustained in comparative with smaller Bup plia of ordinary aliment than are usually necessary and it can be eaten in moderate quantities tiei ern for a length of time without any sensible evil consequence A fondness even is often acquired so that at last ft comes to be regarded and p |