CHAP. XIV. FORMS OF UTENSILS ORDINARILY EMPLOYED. 279 



cooked their food over wood fires ; and these pointed and rounded 

 bottoms to their utensils, though quite unsuited for placing upon 

 smooth surfaces, would keep erect in the embers, or might be 

 pressed into the earthen floor. 



The natives did not depend exclusively upon these simple 

 vessels. In the accompanying plate a number of the more ordi- 



SOME OF THE LESS COMMON FORMS. 



nary forms are grouped of their pots, bowls, jars, jugs, and bottles. 

 The larger vessels, in which the more serious culinary operations 

 would be performed, are provided with feet (see H— K), or even 

 with legs (see figure at the bottom of the illustration on this page). 

 Some have a pair of handles low down (B, M, N, O) that would be 



