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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 63, 24 April 1869, Page 6

A Traveller's Tale. — Dreikopf, in the course of his reseaches, discovered in some old book of travels in (Sumatra, long before the time of Sir Stamford S-iifl.es, a curious. custom obtaining among a cannibal tribe there. The tribe in question never let a man live beyond seventy- two without eating him. The way they do it is this : the relatives of the old gentleman invite a large dinner party, chiefly of relations, for a certain day and hour, generally selecting some central spot in a spicewood forest — a pleasant, shady, cosy spot, such as we English people would choose for a pic-nic, They all muster there at the appointed time, every man carrying a carved war club, and a bag full of pepper, salt, and lemons. They then, after the usual bows, greetings and introductions, give the old gentleman (who, dressed lightly for the purpose, treats the whole matter as a mark of respect, thanks everyone all round, and dryiks their health in palm toddy) a fair start, and run him up and down till he is rather warm and tolerably tender. In half-an-hour or so (even after the old gentleman has practised as an attorney) he is sure to be '* treed " by the younger and more hungry men. A whoop is then given, and the whole pai'ty collect and sit round the place in a ring — every man with his leaf of salt, pepper, and lemon by his side, his knife and fork in his hand, and the leaf of a tallypot palm for a tablecloth spread over his knees. Everyone "then shouts at the same time, k£ Dinner time is come. Grood night Mr. ." The chief mourner runs up the 'tree, shakes hands with the old party, and drops him down. He is instantly clubbed and eaten with " sauce piquante," or sauce a la bonne femine."

The "Wat to Treat Natives. — Letters i'rom New Caledonia states as follows: — The news from Noumea "is of a very startling character, and the country there seems to be in pretty much the same pickle, as far as the natives are concerned, as our own province. It appears that four Europeans and a loyal native were massacred in a boat at a coast settlement, and subsequently cooked and eaten. The French, however, make no .bones about these matters, and are in the habit of going the best way to work to settle the difficulty, aiul in this instance fiffcesn natives were at once seized and decapitated in' the presence of the entire population of Noumea." Since then further murders have been reported, and ten more natives executed. The Grovernment has ordered in all the outlying settlers, and all the coasting vessels are collecting in Noumea. Just before the Aspasia sailed, one of the French men-of-war left the harbour, but her destination was unknown. The weather at Noumea, from, the 17th to, the 22nd of January, waa exbremely close and sulI try, and the inhabitants were fully !■ prepared for a hurricane,

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