Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 400
Fig. 4.) But this was only a small part of the pleas-ure of digging a hole, as we called it. Afterenjoying the cool air at the bottom, we markedthe outline of an oven at one side, and dug withspades and hoes until we had made a very large WORK AND PLAY FOR YOUNG FOLK. 867 open space. Carefully… … Everything wasnow ready forthe bake. Afire was built,and while it wasroaring we gath-ered corn and po-tatoes. Bearingthese to the oven, we waited till onlythe coals and hot ashes were left,and then, throwing in the potatoesand the corn and covering them withgrass, we waited till the bake wasdone.…
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