Note 226-2 — Chapter II

v. Haxthausen, Studien, II, 450, 513. Thus, in 1631, of those who had died suddenly, there were 957 who died of drunkenness. (Bernouilli, Populationistik, 303.) According to v. Lengefeldt, Russland im 19. Jahrh., 42, the number is now 1,474 to 1,911 per annum. On Poland, see Klebs, Landeskulturgesetzgebung in Posen, 78. When the South American Indians begin to drink, they do not stop until they fall down senseless. (Ulloa, Noticias Americanas, ch. 17.) The old Romans considered all barbarians to be drunkards. (Plato, De Legg., I, 638.) In eating, also, uncivilized people are extremely irregular. A Jackute or Tunguse consumes 40 pounds of meat; three men devour a whole reindeer at a meal. (Cochrane, Fussreise, 156.) One ate in 24 hours the back quarter of a large ox, or ½ a pud of fat, and drank an equal quantity of melted butter. (Klemm, Kulturgeschichte, III, 18.) Similarly among hunting races. See Klemm, I, 243, 339; II, 13, 255. On the South Sea Islanders, see Hawkesworth, III, 505; Forster, I, 255.