30 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS. 



Ordinarily, fish are cooked by being thrown on the fire 

 and broiled." 



CANOES. 



Their canoes are mostly made of bark. Usually the 

 craft, which is very frail, consists of but one piece. 



NATIVES' CANOES. 



; .^ With a bit of pipe-clay or soft stone the native 

 marks out the pattern on the side of a large tree. 

 Then with his tomahawk he cuts along the mark, and 

 strips the bark from the tree. The aid of fire is 



