The author is summoned by the cook on the first evening of the expedition to Four Big Rocks as he begins to prepare the evening meal.  The cook is shown offering the author, as leader of the expedition, his choice of some of the more valued cuts.  The author, sensitive to the unfortunate woman's plight, states that he cannot permit this egregious act to continue.  He further explains that the offer is just too generous and that it all looks so delicious that he will leave the choice to the cook.  The author instinctively knows that his flattering words have somehow helped the woman as she writhes for hours in the simmering broth, and the cook, obviously impressed by the author's diplomacy, rewards him with left half of the most prized cut.

A truly picturesque view of the Four Big Rocks formation in the background.  Having traveled since dawn, the author's party establishes camp for the night.  One of the guides begins preparing the long awaited evening meal by boiling one of the women brought as food for the expedition.  The pearls indicate that the woman came from a family of some wealth and influence.  The cannibals enjoyed having the victim's cooked body adorned with a few personal effects as it was placed, still in a seated position, in the midst of the hungry circle.  When the diners finally began to carve away the shoulder meat, the pearls were removed and presented to the hunter who had provided the meal.  It is a little known fact that simmering in stew broth adds a certain luster to pearls.

The guides and porters from the expedition to Four Big Rocks gather around the cooking pot to have their picture taken.  The last of the female captives from the Scandinavian big game hunting party will serve as the meal on the final night.  The native men, when possible, love to dress in the clothes of their victims. One of the smaller men can be seen wearing the victim's pants. Not pictured, two of the larger men were able to fashion hats from the unfortunate woman's brassiere.