Kristy, I wasn't trying to argue you into liking the idea of eating meat. I was just responding to your "burning to death" comment, which was obviously incorrect. Lots of societies kill animals and eat meat, and you have every right to judge them on that basis according to your personal beliefs.
They just had different hyphenation conventions than we do. Also paper was at a premium, so they often hypnenated in whatever way they felt would save the most space.