. Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 . Woman grinding. 570 EMPLOYMENTS OF WOMEN. Chap. XXVI. workwoman, kneeling, grasps this upper millstone with bothhands, and works it backward and forward in the hollow ofthe lower millstone in the same way that a baker works hisdough when pressing it and pushing from him. The weightof the person is brought to bear on the movable stone, andwhile it is pressed and pushed forward and backward, one. Native Mill for grinding Corn. hand supplies every now and then a little
. Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 . Woman grinding. 570 EMPLOYMENTS OF WOMEN. Chap. XXVI. workwoman, kneeling, grasps this upper millstone with bothhands, and works it backward and forward in the hollow ofthe lower millstone in the same way that a baker works hisdough when pressing it and pushing from him. The weightof the person is brought to bear on the movable stone, andwhile it is pressed and pushed forward and backward, one. Native Mill for grinding Corn. hand supplies every now and then a little grain to be thus atfirst bruised and then ground on the lower stone, which isplaced on the slope, so that the meal, when ground, falls onto a skin or mat spread for the purpose. This is perhaps themost primitive form of mill, and anterior to that in Orientalcountries, where two women grind at one mill, and may havebeen that used by Sarah of old when she entertained theangels. Another part of the work of women is in the preparationof beer. The malted grain is sun-dried and pounded intomeal, then cooked or brewed. A merry-making often im-plies that all who come to make merry shall bring their hoes,and let off the excitement of the liquor by a substantial dayshoeing. At other times, a couple shut themselves up in theirhuts on pretense of sickness, and drink the whole brewingthemselves. But a more common mode is to invite all the Chap. XXVI. BREWING BEER. 571 friends and relatives of the woman whose beer is to be dru
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