Meat Eaters

Many races of men live entirely on animal food, and these are the most hardy and from all I have been able to gather on the subject, says a correspondent of the Gentleman's Magazine, the most f ree from diseases of all kinds. Sir Franeis Head says of the Pampas Indians: "They are all horsemen, or rather, pass their lives on horseback. In spite of the climate, whieh is burning hot in summer and freezing in winter, these brave men, who have never been subdued, are entirely naked and have not even a covering for their head. They live together in tribes, but they have no üxed place of residence. Where the pasture is good there are they to be found until it is consumed by their horses, and they instantly move to another spot. They have neither bread, fruit, nor vegetables, but they subsist entirely on the flesh of their mares." Describing the effect on hhnself of this diet, Sir Francis says: "After I had been riding three or four months, and had lived on beef and water, I found myself in a condition which I can only describe by saying that I feit no exertion could kill me, although I eonstantly arrived so completely exhausted that I could not speak; yet a few hours' sleep upon my saddle on the ground always so completely restored me thatfor a week I could daily be upon my liorse before sunrise, could ride till two or thrtee hours after sunset, and have really tired ten or twelve horses a day. This will explain the immense distance which people in South America are said to ride, which I am confident could only be done on beef and water." The Guachos of the Argentine Eepublic live entirely on roast beef and salt, scarcely ever tasting f arinaceous or other vegetable food, and their sole beverage is mate or Paraguay tea taken without, sugar.