But they eat, I observe, a very large proportion of fat, which is of a less animalised nature; and they particularly dislike dry meat, such as that of the Agouti.

Dr.
Richardson, also, has remarked, "that when people have fed for a long time solely upon lean animal food, the desire for fat becomes so insatiable, that they can consume a large quantity of unmixed and even oily fat without nausea" (6/6.

"Fauna Boreali-Americana" volume 1 page 35.): this appears to me a curious physiological fact.

It is, perhaps, from their meat regimen that the Gauchos, like other carnivorous animals, can abstain long from food.

I was told that at Tandeel some troops voluntarily pursued a party of Indians for three days, without eating or drinking.
We saw in the shops many articles, such as horsecloths, belts, and garters, woven by the Indian women.