Note 10 — VI. THE EMPLOYMENT OF EXCREMENT IN FOOD BY SAVAGE TRIBES.
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“Comen arañas, hormigas, gusanos, salamanquesas, lagartijas, culebras, palos, tierra, y cagajones y cagarrutas.”—(Gómara, “Historia de las Indias,” p. 182.) He derives his information from the narrative of Vaca. The word “cagajon” means horse-dung, the dung of mules and asses; “cagarruta,” the dung of sheep, goats, and mice.