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stones, both by the men and the women. All the large or 

 moderately-sized lizards and non-venomous snakes are esteemed 

 as tit-bits. Their success in capturing birds is but slight ; turkeys 

 and pheasants but rarely, and emus only at their drinking places. 

 For this purpose a hiding place of bushes is constructed quite 

 near to the water, whence they spear them. They also put bushes 

 of Duhoisia Hopwoodi into the water, which intoxicates the 

 "birds, making them easy to spear. But other animals become 

 poisoned, only escaping to die subsequently, so it is said. Young 

 "birds, especially parrots, when these are almost fledged, fall an 

 easy prey to them. Sometimes they capture whole basins full of 

 young birds. The eggs, especially those of emus, turkeys, and 

 pheasants, are much prized. 



Fish of large size are speared by men and boys, and eaten. 

 When the water in the holes shrinks, they construct a barrier of 

 bushes at one end across the water, and which is thus pushed 

 slowly towards the other end, thus driving the tishes forward into 

 shallows, or causing them to become entangled in the branches, 

 when they are easily caught. This work is done l)y men as well 

 as women. Crayfish are not eaten. 



All the above animals are roasted in hot ashes and eaten, even 

 to the entrails, the coarser contents only being shaken out. 



2. Njaba. In this class of food are included insects, cater- 

 pillars, and all kinds of wood-grubs. In summer a kind of insect 

 (Cicada sp.) comes out of the ground wherever Eucalyptus rostrata 

 occurs. This the natives call cdknenera. The males produce an in- 

 cessant strident noise by means of two chambers, one on each side, 

 united by a transverse channel across the underside. A somewhat 

 smaller kind occurs where Acacia aneuixt grows. Of these insects 

 the natives collect whole basinfuls, roast, and eat them. A pecu- 

 liar kind of caterpillar (tveha) appears usually in immense num- 

 b)ers after rain in summer. These they eat also with relish when 

 roasted. Most of the woody plants, especially in the roots, con- 

 tain grubs, the largest being about as long and as thick as a 

 finger. Whilst all these are considered delicacies, they will not 

 €at locusts. 



3. Mana, vegetable food. This food the women are obliged to 

 provide. Several kinds of yams (woritja) grow here, one attain- 

 ing to the size of a man's head or more, but all very fibrous. 

 Under the term angna the natives include the various larger and 

 smaller fruits of capers, cucumbers, convolvuli, nightshades, 

 mistletoes, and those of some shrubs whose berries resemble bil- 

 berries. The taste of the latter is not unpleasant, but the in- 

 terior is almost all stone, as with the fruits of Santahmi 

 acuminatum. All the other fruits have a harsh, sharp taste, and 

 consist almost entirely of seeds. They are eaten either raw or 



