Then they tie to their wrists the Leaf wherein the Governors Licence is, and repair under some Bogahah, God-Tree, and all the Officers of the County assemble with a vast number of people besides.

Coker-nuts are brought, and Oyl is there extracted from them in the sight of the people, that all may see their is no deceit.

Also they have a Pan of Cow-dung and water boyling close by: The Oyl and Cow-dung being both boyling and throughly hot, they take a young leaf of a Coker-nut Tree and dip that into the Oyl, that all may see it is hot.

For it singes, and frizzels up, and roars as if you poured water into hot boyling Oyl.

And so they do likewise to the Cow-dung.