Then sweeping away all the embers, I set down my loaf or loaves, and whelming down the earthen pot upon them, drew the embers all round the outside of the pot, to keep in and add to the heat; and thus as well as in the best oven in the world, I baked my barley-loaves, and became in little time a good pastrycook into the bargain; for I made myself several cakes and puddings of the rice; but I made no pies, neither had I anything to put into them supposing I had, except the flesh either of fowls or goats.
De cette manière, aussi bien que dans le meilleur four du monde, je cuisais mes pains d'orge, et devins en très-peu de temps un vrai pâtissier; car je fis des gâteaux de riz et des _poudings_. Toutefois je n'allai point jusqu'aux pâtés: je n'aurais rien eu à y mettre, supposant que j'en eusse fait, si ce n'est de la chair d'oiseaux et de la viande de chèvre.