After obtaining these he has no more need to range the
forest.
A quantity of the strongest Indian pepper is used, but this he has already
planted round his hut. The pounded fangs of the labarri snake and those of
the counacouchi are likewise added. These he commonly has in store, for
when he kills a snake he generally extracts the fangs and keeps them by
him.
Having thus found the necessary ingredients, he scrapes the wourali vine
and bitter root into thin shavings and puts them into a kind of colander
made of leaves. This he holds over an earthen pot, and pours water on the
shavings: the liquor which comes through has the appearance of coffee. When
a sufficient quantity has been procured the shavings are thrown aside. He
then bruises the bulbous stalks and squeezes a proportionate quantity of
their juice through his hands into the pot. Lastly the snakes' fangs, ants
and pepper are bruised and thrown into it. It is then placed on a slow
fire, and as it boils more of the juice of the wourali is added, according
as it may be found necessary, and the scum is taken off with a leaf: it
remains on the fire till reduced to a thick syrup of a deep brown colour.
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