Fattening Girls.
Thboughout the Empire of Morocoo tiiere are villages where the eldest members of the adult population follow professionally the pursuit of fattening young girlß for the matrimonial market of Barbary. The Moors, like the Turks, give a decided preference to " moonfaced " wives over lean ones, and ara more solioitous as to the number of pounds which their wives weigh than about the stock of accomplishments whioh they possess. The fattening process begins when the girl is about twelve years old. Stiff maize porridges kneaded up with grease is daily fed to her in the form of boluses. If she declines to take them they are prammed down hex throat.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1860, 7 June 1884, Page 6
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111Fattening Girls. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1860, 7 June 1884, Page 6
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