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ARRIVAL AT SAVANNAH.
Captain Turner, on being urged to provide some palatable food and drink, declared with an oath that he did not select the provisions of fill the water; that this was done by others who knew what they were about; that every thing on board was good enough for us, and if we did not like it we might starve and BE HANGED! This was a clincher it ended the argument.

There was nothing left for us but to put the best face, even if it should be a wry face, on troubles we could not overcome or diminish.
In a choice of food there is a wide difference in taste.

One people will regard as a luxury a viand or condiment which is repugnant to another.
Locusts have been used from time immemorial for food by different tribes of Arabs.

Snail soup was once regarded in Europe as a delicious dish.
In the West Indies and South America the guano, a species of lizard, is devoured with gusto.