Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. A paragraph on the Mincopies in Chapter VI refers to the killing of guianas and bugongs, this may be misspelling of iguana and dugong. Additionally the Mincopies are referred to as African whereas they were Andaman Islanders. The layout of the tables in Chapter IV has been modified to improve clarity and manage width. Proteid and protein are both used and have not been standardised. The index refers to pages 332 and 333, these do not exist. Footnotes are located at the end of the relevant paragraph. Italics are represented thus _italic_, and bold thus =bold=. THE NATURAL FOOD OF MAN THE NATURAL FOOD OF MAN BEING AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE FROM COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND HYGIENE, THAT THE ORIGINAL, BEST AND NATURAL DIET OF MAN IS FRUIT AND NUTS BY HEREWARD CARRINGTON AUTHOR OF “VITALITY, FASTING AND NUTRITION,” “THE COMING SCIENCE,” “DEATH: ITS CAUSES AND PHENOMENA” (JOINTLY), ETC., ETC. LONDON C. W. DANIEL AMEN CORNER, E.C. 1912 To MY MOTHER IN LOVING MEMORY PREFACE