Then he peeled the sago-log off which he had cut his wheels, and rubbed it with turtle fat, and, using it as a form, produced two clay cylinders.

These he set in the sun, with bricks round them to keep them from falling.

Leaving all these to dry and set before he baked them, he went off to the marsh for fern-leaves.

The soil being so damp, the trees were covered with a brownish-red substance, scarce distinguishable from wool.

This he had counted on.