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Show BREAD MAKING IN SALVADOR- &&tw jeK y ' y- v ? 'V" v Bread in the sense wo know It Is practically an unknown commodity in Salvador. Instead they have the tortilla tor-tilla or smajl tart. It Is prepared from Indian corn, which Is first parboiled to make it clean and soft. It Is then crushed Into a paste with a stODc rolling pin on a small stono table, it Is then worked with the hands Into a pancake, which is then baked on a plate !" Iron or earthenware, which is served hot. The little cake may serve or a type of the tiny republic of Salvador, the smallest In America, but the most densely peopled 7.223 square miles with a'population of S03.531. more than 110 to the square mile. The capital, San Salvador has been eight times destroyed de-stroyed by earthquakes. The tortilla Is only toasted by tho careful baker, but t no little republic Is burned by vulcanoes and shaken by earthquakes, till it Is scarcely fit for human habitation. habita-tion. The toil Is extremely fertile, and the people art frugal'aud Industrious. |