HABITS OF THE ABYSSINIANS.
Mr F. Villiers, th* *e ! l kn o *" w^ ll of lb* London Illustrated New., accompanied lk« Eaglish Commissioners to Ahytsieb. and he give* *» Interesting aecuootcf th*east cuef the people- He st»t*s thai thay are great consumers ol milk, hut Mtit oao it in » fresh condition. Th#y do rot MtinenlCy wor it, bnt tno vessels ia which it i* pk«? •** noT * r cleaned, and thus immediately when the fresh milk n tmored into tbsse, fa*oi*«atfoo eummence*. Meat, « f * hl * h ,0 * Abyssinian* are grrv. cnosumers, they cat raw, and when gu*tta we invited J"> "f eVwn at a feast « bollock » »laught*red fo an adjoining apartment as they wart, and strip* are cot off while the flesh is ■till hot—sometimes-, indeed, before mo tb« animal » absolutely d«»d. In eating, lh« aatif • pon one end of * »«np of meat into hie mouth, kntding the other in hi* left baad, and «ita bis **ord or dagger cats eff piec* by piece close to ha nose, cutting from left to riitbt.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 3
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171HABITS OF THE ABYSSINIANS. Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 3
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