THE GUAYAVE. 281 



I once happened to enter an Indian hut where 



of the family was bakin 

 J by a fire, over whi 



ck 



hand 



flat stone was 

 pared paste by 

 into the paste, and then wiped it over the 

 heated stone. What adhered to it was in- 

 stantly baked and peeled off She repeated 

 this process at the rate of a dozen times or 

 more per minute. Observing my curiosity, 

 the girl handed nie one of the ' sheets,' silent- 

 ly ; for she seemed to understand but her na- 

 tive tonsrue. I found it pleasant enough to 



, though when cold, as I have learned 

 by experience, it is, hke the cold tortilla, rather 

 tough and insipid. They are even thinner 

 than wafers ; and some dozens, being folded 

 in a roll, constitute the laminate composition 

 before mentioned. Beinir thus preserved 



O 



the natives for months upon their 



journej 



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