[PW] Dawin, Brooke and Shaw

[Peter Macinnis]

This is for me.  No rush and don't sweat, but maybe somebody will know 
the answer.

In 'Scientific American', 5th March 1859, page 209, I see "Dr. Shaw 
enjoyed lion; Mr Darwin had a passion for puma; Dr. Brooke makes 
affidavit that melted bears' grease is the most refreshing potion."

I know who Mr. Darwin was, but the only Shaw I can find who may fit was 
H. Norton Shaw, secretary to the Royal Geographic Society, and the only 
Brookes I can find linked to Darwin were white rajahs, rather than doctors.

Does anybody recognise the two names, Shaw and Brooke, in this context, 
and known in 1859?

For the benefit of Professor Dyson, other tasty morsels mentioned in the 
article include baked human thighs in Fejee, boiled fingers in Sumatra, 
duck's tongue in China, kangaroo in Australia and the loose covering of 
the great elk's nose in New Brunswick.  Also, a stew of red ants in 
Burmah, monkey cutlets and parrot pies at Rio, bats in Malabar and 
polecats in North America.  Less reliably, they record the eating of 
"elephant's paws in South Africa" . . .   The full text is at 
http://tinyurl.com/zyban

cheers

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