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Waking before the dawn, carrying the basket, he fares to the 
place-of-clay ; 
After cleaning the basket and clearing the place-of-clay, he worships 
his guardian god ; 
Wearing (only) a loin cloth, and gladly taking (the basket) in 
hand he goes down into the pit ; 
Not breaking down the two sides (of the pit) he digs the clay from 
the middle and fills the basket. 
2. 
Breaking up the clay, he takes a pingo-load and heaps it in the 
potter’s yard ; 
Separating the pieces of clay he breaks them to an equal size and 
spreads them on a big mat in the sun ; 
After having dried the clay, and removed the stones, he pounds it 
in a mortar and in a kulla winnows it ; 
Then taking up the powder, he adds an equal quantity of water 
and makes it into balls. 
3. 
Taking up the balls of clay and putting one upon the other, he 
covers them with leaves ; 
Three days afterwards he divides them into three and kneads 
them again, 
Knowing the right proportion he adds very fine sand and sprink- 
ling water kneads again ; 
After kneading, he makes into rounded balls again, and makes a 
heap of them; and takes them up again after three days. 
4. 
After thus preparing it, he treads and kneads the clay again 
and again ; 
When it is like sticky wax he knows that it is ready ; 
Then according to the size of the vessels to be made he divides it 
into separate pieces ; 
The pieces thus made he stores near the workshop and covers up 
carefully. 
5. 
Next day with a split cane he separates the pieces of clay one by 
one, 
And having duly divided them, again. makes them up in balls and 
keeps them in a heap as on the previous day ; 
The next day, waking at dawn, he sweeps and tidies the workshop, 
And having all the balls of clay close at hand, sits before the wheel. 
