Damper.—This Australian bread-stuff is much nicer than people at home give it credit for being. It should, properly, be baked in the ashes of a wood fire, and that fire a large one, which should have burnt down to a fine, powdery ash, still retaining a large amount of heat; but, failing this, the dough can be cooked in a camp oven, drawing the fire well over, round, and under it. A strong fire is an essential for this cake, and it is wise for the beginner to make a small loaf of it for a very large amount of fire. Put into a dish 2lb. of flour, sprinkling into this a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda and half that amount of tartaric acid, with salt to taste. When this is all well mixed make a hollow in it, and with the right hand pour in sufficient water or milk to moisten the dough, keeping it mixed up all the time with