Eaten Alive

The mósi - sh to the Japanese epicnre is none otber than a living fish. This horril soy is served as f ollows: R stiug caí a large dish is a mat formed of rouuds oí glass held together by plaited threads, on whicli is a living tish with gills ai;d mouth moving regnlarly. At its baok rises ;i bank of white Bhreds reserubliug damp i.siiiKhiss, but in reality a ooloi tesa Beaweed, while the iisli iisi'K resta on damp green aAgsñ. Iu front, is a pile of smal] slioes of sawflsh garuished with aradiating tnitof variefiatcil bamboe leaves. A portiou of tho r:iw tish from the pile iu front of the living victim is uow placed ou a saneer and passed to one guest, aud so ou with the rest tiJl the pile is cousunjed. Then the cnner raisea the skin (whicli luis been alreaily loosened ) of the living fish, and proceeds to take slice af ter slioe from the upper part. Thu creature has been carved while still alive, the pile of fleah first served consistiiig of the lower half of tho body. This lias been done with such ooBsummate skill that no vital part has been touched. The heart, the liver, the gills and tlio stoniaoh are left intact, whilo the damp seaweed ou which the flosh rests suffioes to keep the lungs iu aetion. ïhe miserable ictim looks on with Jnstrous eyes while its mvii body is consunied, probably the only iustance of a living creaturo assisting as a spectator at its own uieut. -