The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-06 00:00:00

beth Plant
knd rsk

.e of consideration and high county standing
nshire, seated at the fine old mansion of
and descended in the female line, from

under the royal banner

At the present time seven peers
a Lord Protector, viz., the Earls of

, Chichester, Rothes, Cowper, Clarendon, De
nd Ripon, but, as a contrast to this fair side of the

ncstly confess, that within a hundred
leath, some of his descendants were
the of poverty, almost begging their
t singular fact, that an estate, which
'rge Monk, Duke of Albemarle, for
should, by intermarriage, even-
Oliver Cromwell, Esq., of Chesbunt,
- then the last male descendant of
4needotes of the Aristocracy.

daily bread. It i
was granted to

oring the monarch
4. in fh.l

7
tually 'a

whO died in 1

21. bein,

?ro tect,

AND FEET.--The

ritUN
lsiciered a delicacy, a

id the trunk, which at the base is about

two. feet in thickness, is cut into convenient lengths.
Trunk and feet are then baked, preparatory to their re-
moval to head-quarters. The manner in which this is
done is as follows :—A. party, provided with sharp-pointed
-1;,7 a hole in the ground for each foot, and a por-
These holes are about two feet deep,
yard in width; the excavated earth is embanked
around, the margin of the hole. This work being com-
pleted, they next collect an immense quantity of dry
branches and trunks of trees, of which there is always a
profusion scattered around, having been broken by the
elephants in former years. These they pile above the
to the heleht of eight or nine feet, and then set fire
When these strong fires have burnt down,
the whole of the wood is reduced to ashes, the holes
surrounding earth are heated in a high degree.
oelve men then stand round the pit, and rake out
,s with a pole about sixteen feet in length, having
. at the end. They relieve one another in quick
Rion, each man running in and raking the ashes for
le/ and then pitching
.the pole to his comrade
..ng, since the heat is so intense that it is
co be endured. When all the ashes are thus
t beyond the surrounding bank of earth, each
s foot and portion of the trunk is lifted by two
\en, standing side by side, who place it on their
; and approaching the pit together, they heave
The long pole is now again resumed, and with
ye in the heated bank of earth upon the foot,
[1 raking until it is completely buried in the
hot embers, of which there is always a great
then raked into a heap above the foot, and
Ire is kindled over each, which is allowed to

tion of the trunk.

to the heap

and- retre
seark..l

raked of
elephant

,ulders

another

burn down and die a natural death; by which time the
enormous foot or trunk will be found to be equally baked
throughout its inmost parts. When the foot is supposed
to be ready, it is taken out of the ground with pointed
sticks, and is first well beaten, and then scraped with an
assagai, whereby adhering particles of sand are got rid of.
The outside is then paired off, and it is transfixed with a
sharp stake, for facility of carriage. The feet thus cooked
are excellent. as is also the trunk, which very much re-
sembles buffalo's tongue. The reason why such large
fires are requisite, is owing to the mass of the flesh that
must be baked. In raking the sand on the foot, the na-
tives are careful not to rake the red-hot embers in with it,
which would burn and destroy the meat; whereas the
sand and earth protects it, imparting an even and steady
beat.—Cumming's Five years in the Interior of South
Africa.