m - 
(For it was no other) in the ashes, w&“ 
took our mats into the hut, and remaim¬ 
ed until next day The wind continu¬ 
ing to blow fresh ahead, We gathered 
some green bread fruit, and cooked 
some meat, in the same manner as they 
cook the largest of their fish, which is 
this. —A hole is dug in the ground, and 
after it has been filled with wood, it is 
set on fire, and then covered with stones. 
As the wood burns away, the heated 
stones fail to the bottom* which, when 
the fire is out, are covered with a thick 
layer of green leaves, and then the meat 
or fish is placed upon these leaves, and 
covered again in a careful and ingeni¬ 
ous manner, and the whole covered with 
earth. This preserves the juices of the 
fish, and in this way do they cook most 
@f their fish, with hot stones. 
In the afternoon the weather proring 
more favourable, we left our encamp¬ 
ment, and at sun down arrived at a 
place called Tuckawoa; at which place 
we were treated with the greatest hos¬ 
pitality, When we were about to leaver 
