Some authors have said that within the last century the Hottentots devoured the flesh and the entrails of wild beasts, uncleansed of their filth and excrement, and whether sound or rotten.

In a personal letter to Captain Bourke, the Reverend J.

Owen Dorsey reports that while among the Ponkas he saw a woman and child devour the entrails of a beef with their contents.

Bourke also cites instances in which human ordure was eaten by East Indian fanatics.

Numerous authorities are quoted by Bourke to prove the alleged use of ordure in food by the ancient Israelites.