The Cave in which the Mummy was found, is not of great extent, not being more than three quarters of a mile in length; its surface, covered with loose limestone, from four to six feet deep, before you enter the clay impregnated with nitre. It is of easy access, being above twenty feet wide, and six feet high, at the mouth or entrance. It is enlarged to about fifty feet wide, and ten feet high, almost as soon as you enter it. This place had evident marks of having once been the residence of the aborigines of the country, from the quantity of ashes, and the remains of fuel, and torches made of the reed, &c. which were found in it."
RECEIPT FOR MAKING ECONOMICAL BREAD.
Separate the bran and grosser part; from the flour; then take five pounds of it (of 16 ounces) and boil them in four gallons and three quarters of water, so that when it is dissolved, there shall remain three gallons and three quarters of glutinous water. With this knead fifty-six pounds of flour, adding salt and yeast, in the same manner and in the same proportion as for other bread. When the dough is ready to be put into the oven, divide it into loaves and let it bake for two hours and a half.
In this way the flour will imbibe three quarters of a gallon more of glutinous, than it would of simple water, and will yield not only a more nutritive and substantial food, but likewise an increase of a fifth beyond the quantity of common bread, a saving of one day's consumption out of six. Upon this plan, fifty-six pounds of meal will yield eighty-three pounds and a half of bread. When this is quite stale (baked since ten days) if it be put into the oven and left there for twenty minutes, it becomes fresh again, a very convenient property in long sea voyages.
BREAD MADE OF RICE AND FLOUR MIXED.
Rice is an excellent substitute for wheat flour. The following receipt for the mixture yields a solid and palatable bread.
Soften well by a slow fire a pound of rice with three quarters of a gallon of water. When it has acquired a certain degree of heat, mix up with it, well, four pounds of flour, some salt and yeast, as in making common bread; knead it and put it near the fire to rise. This will give eight pounds and a half of good bread. If the rice seems to require more water, add, for there are several qualities of rice which swell more than others.