CANNIBALISM IN FIJI.
The Fiji “ Times" says :—A strange tale of cannibalism has been reported with all apparent circumstantiality from the interior of Yiti Levu. The native teacher stationed at Na Drau, on being supplied with food by the townsfolk, was horrified to observe that a portion of it'was human flesh. Heat once exclaimed against the food and refused to eat of it. Those who brought it to him admitted that it was human flesh, and said they had killed and cooked the Government officer, and if ho persisted in refusing to eat, they would kill and cook him also. In terror of his life he ate a little, but took the first opportunity of escaping from his terrible entertainers, and made his way to the coast where he reported the crime and subsequent abomination that had beeix perpetrated. The report seems almost, incredible; but it is given on authority which leaves but little doubt as to its authenticity. Dissatisfaction with the Government of which the officer was the representative is said to have been the cause of the murder.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2568, 14 June 1881, Page 2
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180CANNIBALISM IN FIJI. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2568, 14 June 1881, Page 2
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