CHAPTER VI 
COOKING — EATING — BATHING* 
Their cooking, as to thoroughness and 
cleanliness ( when they are cleanly) is not 
so objectionable as are some of the articles 
of food used. 
The only cooking utensils they have are 
iron pots ; and ordinarily, they have a large 
one in which to boil rice, and a smaller one 
in which to prepare ' animal food, or vege- 
tables.. 
Before eating, they mix with the rice 
whatever else they may have, often turning 
the contQnts of the smaller pot into the 
larger, stirring all together, then taking it 
out into other vessels if they have them 
( which seldom is the case), they give to 
each his portion. They eat with wooden 
spoons, if they have them, but this is rarely 
the case. They stand, or sit, or lie at the 
table as their inclination may prompt. 
They know nothing of the use of tables. 
The more common way of eating is to 
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