A winnowing process--Swartboy's thick lips acting as a fan--was next gone through; and the legs and wings were thus got rid of.

The locusts were then ready for eating.
A little salt only was required to render them more palatable, when all present made trial of, and some of the children even liked them.

By many, locusts prepared in this way are considered quite equal to shrimps! Sometimes they are pounded when quite dry into a sort of meal, and with water added to them, are made into a kind of stir-about.
When well dried, they will keep for a long time; and they frequently form the only store of food, which the poorer natives have to depend upon for a whole season.
Among many tribes--particularly among those who are not agricultural-- the coming of the locusts is a source of rejoicing.

These people turn out with sacks, and often with pack-oxen to collect and bring them to their villages; and on such occasions vast heaps of them are accumulated and stored, in the same way as grain! Conversing of these things the night passed on until it was time for going to bed.

The field-cornet went out once again to observe the wind; and then the door of the little kraal was closed and the family retired to rest..