"Il me montra enfermées dans une maison un groupe de jeunes filles qui avaient été prises dans une autre île et qu'on avait gardées et engraissées pour la prochaine fête cannibale. Il venait d'être décidé que cette fête aurait lieu le jour même à l'occasion de notre présence à Malaita. Les jeunes filles étaient averties sans doute que leur dernière heure était prochaine.... Elles semblaient accepter la situation avec beaucoup de résignation."
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Reported and partially translated in Christian Siefkes, Edible People: The Historical Consumption of Slaves and Foreigners and the Cannibalistic Trade in Human Flesh (New York: Berghahn, 2022), pp.242–243
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