Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1892 — The Result. [ARTICLE]

The Result.

Like all primitive people,, the Maories are very inquisitive, and, in the manner of children, are inclined to bring everything to their mouths to test its qualities. In the early days a party of Maories came across some bars ot soap, which had been washed ashore from a wreck. Finding that the stuff was too sticky to be eaten raw, they resolved to cook it Accordingly they cat is up into small

pieces end sprinkled these pieces over the sweet potatoes and fish which formed their evening meat Finally they covered the whole mass over with fern leaves and mats, and, putting earth on the top, left everything to bake quietly in the ovece till the evening. The scene at that evening meal must have' been very fnnny. Not only did the tribe have to go supperless to bed. but the whole set of ovens was spoiled, and new ones had to be constructed before any further cooking could be done.