Show new zill litile bijil ono of f these mud volcanoes tellula to giuka skews spews forth a very plastic and fine paste which tile the natives eat cat find and enjoy it tastes liko flour paste eliy very slightly sweetened I 1 did not like it at and doubt it ie it is fattening wo ivo were quite hungry but this edible naud mud did lid not tempt us its nod and wo we moved on oil to the margin of 0 lake where lanch was awaiting us the ls had cooked potatoes and fresh water cral fiah forus for us in tho stream ol 01 the boiling spring covering tho the opening with cross sticks placing tile the potatoes etc on these and covering tho the whole ahola with graid grass which sufficiently confines the steam I 1 sat bat I 1 downan down on a flat stone and enjoying my iny lunch inch ard tho the surroundings gave myself up to the quiet pleasure of 0 the ocic occasion occa Aion abion when I 1 felt an increasing warmth where I 1 was sitting bitting and suddenly had to spring from my seat an unexpected burst of 0 steam from under the rock giving me in the hint to leave new zealand letter |