“I had seen a sailor who had visited that very island, and he told me that it was the custom, when great battle had been gained there, to barbeque all the slain in the yard or garden of the victor; and then one by one, they were placed in a great wooden trenches, and garnished round like a pilau, with breadfruit and coconuts. And with some parsley in their mouths were sent around with the victor’s compliments to all his friends, just as though these presents were Christmas turkeys.”
Herman Melville, “Moby Dick”, 1851.
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