Instructions: Although the flesh of the elephant is extremely coarse, the foot and trunk are excellent, if properly cooked. A hole should be dug in the earth, about 4 feet deep and 2 feet six inches in diameter, the sides of which should be perpendicular; in this a large fire should be lighted, and kept burning for four or five hours with a continual supply of wood, so that the walls became red-hot.

At the expiration of the blaze, the foot should be laid upon the glowing embers, and the hole should be covered closely with thick pieces of greenwood laid parallel together to form a ceiling: this should be covered with wet grass, and the hole should be plastered with mud, and stamped lightly down to retain the heat. Upon the mud a quantity of earth should be heaped, and the oven should not be opened for thirty hours or more. At the expiration of that time, the foot will be perfectly baked and the sole will seperate like a shore and expose a delicate substance that with a little oil and vinegar, together with an allowance of pepper and salt, is a delicious dinner that will serve about 50 MEN !!!!!!!!!!

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