COOKING RICE 



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caught him, for he looked perfectly ready to amputate 

 a finger. 



This evening a large flock of white cockatoos 

 (Plictolophu* galeritus) flew over, screeching fearfully. 



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OUR HOUSE. 



We have been so busy, 

 since we came, with our 

 birds and mammals, that 

 we have paid little atten- 

 tion to our cooking ; and 

 the consequence was, 

 that when we came back this afternoon, tired and hun- 

 gry, there was no cooked food in the house. We had 

 some rice, and some condensed milk, and I proposed 



