The feet remained to be "preserved," and the mode of curing these was entirely different.

That was a secret known only to Swartboy, and in the execution of it the Bushman played first fiddle, with the important air of a _chef de cuisine_.

He proceeded as follows:-- He first dug a hole in the ground, about two feet deep, and a little more in diameter--just large enough to admit one of the feet, which was nearly two feet diameter at the base.

The earth which came out of this hole Swartboy placed in the form of a loose embankment around the edge.
By his direction the boys had already collected upon the spot a large quantity of dried branches and logs.

These Swartboy now built over the hole, into a pyramid of ten feet high, and then set the pile on fire.
He next proceeded to make three other pits precisely similar, and built over each a fire like the first, until four large fires were burning upon the ground.
The fires being now fairly under way, he could only wait until each had burned down.