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ing the attachments either by force or by theuse of bamboo: the diaphragm is then divided,and the gullet, windpipe, contents of the chest,stomach and liver, are all drawn away togetheralong with the bowels: from these the liver isseparated to be baked with the hog; the re-mainder is washed and cooked over hot embers,to be shared out and eaten in the mean while.The whole inside of the hog is now filled upwith hot stones, each wrapped up in bread-fruit leaves, and all the apertures of the bodyare closed up quickly, also with leaves : it isthen laid with the belly downwards, in a holein the ground, lined with hot stones, a fire hav-ing been previously made there for that pur-pose, but prevented, however, from touchingthem, by small branches of the bread-fruit tree :a few other branches are now laid across theback of the pig, and plenty of banana leavesstrewed or rather heaped over the whole, uponwhich, again, a mound of earth is raised, sothat no steam apparently escapes. The liver isput by the side of the pig, and sometimes yams.By these means, a good sized pig may be verywell cooked in half an hour : a large hog is ge-nerally about half done in this way, then takenup, cut to pieces, and each piece being wrappedup separately in leaves, is cooked again in likemanner. Yams, fowls, bread-fruit, and every