CANNIBALISM,ANTHROPOPHAGY

custom of eating human flesh; held some writers to have been habit of tive man, but on this point there is divergence of opinion. So advanced race as the Aztecs of Mexico were dicted to c.; and in modern times New Guineans, the Battas of and the Maoris of New Zealand much given to the practice. In Polynesian Islands the custom was pant, but has been practically out by the efforts of mi ionaries. Cage,| CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL 1913;} (1812-62), Brit. statesman; Conserva- | tive member for Warwick, 1836; UnderCer-|Sec. for Foreign Affairs, 1841; Post Was|master-General, 1853; Gov.-Gen. of work. | India, 1856, during period of mutiny. woolen | png. statesman, whose f. pele a ee scent from the famous Bristol merchant, E.), | William Canynge; ed. Eton and Oxford; entered Parliament as member for Newport. I. of W. 1794; Under-Sec. of for] State, 1796; made reputation as orator, days,|1798, by his speeches in support of abo of} lition of slave trade; Treasurer of Navy. before | 1804: Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1807 owing Amba ador to Lisbon, 1814; Pres. 0! come | Board of Control, 1816; Prime Minister, in succe ion to Lord Liverpool, 1827 Dog’), | 2° of the most brilliant and witty during orators of his time. being es k OCK 3 (52° 42 Ne » 20 2! W) 2 market town, Pop. Stat) 28,000. eau coal-fields. dog-star, north-|_ CANNON, name now almost obsolete cal-|but used until recent times for heavy; miles, | ordnance; during XVI. cent. name was only applied to largest pieces of fielc of | artillery, of which the Cannon-Royal wa: (An is chief.