86 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Cattle and sheep are very fond of tlie leaves, and tliey tlirive on 

 tliem. The roots of the young '' kurrajong " trees, which resemble 

 turnips in consistency, but are sweeter to the taste, were at one time 

 used by the aborigines as an article of food. Water in considerable 

 quantity can also be obtained from them, and this, too, in the driest 

 of seasons. If the ^^kurrajong" seeds are roasted, pounded^ and 

 macerated in hot water, and a little sugar added, a capital beverage is 

 obtained. In addition to these trees, there are the " belar " or " bull- 

 oak^' {Casuarina glauc a, Sieh.) ; '^ cattle-bush" {Atalaya hemiglmica, 

 F.yM.) ; '^Wilga" {Geijera 'parviflora, Lindl.) ; '''Yarren" {Acacia 

 aneura, F.v.M.) ; and several others found in the interior. 



All the grasses, salt-bushes, and miscellaneous herbage mentioned 

 in the preceding pages have been figured and fully described in the 

 w^riter's works on the "Indigenous Forage Plants of Australia" and 

 *' Australian Grasses." 



