His wife then took an handful of dry grass in her hand, with which she squeezed them through her fingers.

In the meantime her husband was employed in gathering wood to make a fire, for the purpose of heating stones.

When she had finished her operation, she filled a _watape_ kettle nearly full of water, and poured the roes into it.

When the stones were sufficiently heated, some of them were put into the kettle, and others were thrown in from time to time, till the water was in a state of boiling.

The woman also continued stirring the contents of the kettle, till they were brought to a thick consistency; the stones were then taken out, and the whole was seasoned with about a pint of strong rancid oil.